Published • loading... • Updated
ESHRE 42nd Annual Meeting: Halving Fertility Treatment Costs Could More than Double Births, Major Global Study Shows
Researchers found halving out-of-pocket costs was linked to a 2.67-fold increase in births through assisted reproductive technology.
- On Monday, a landmark study presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology found that halving patient out-of-pocket costs was associated with a 2.67-fold increase in ART births.
- Lead author Dr. Stephanie Kuku of Conceivable Life Sciences reported that the study's 'cost-to-baby' metric explained up to 84% of international variations in ART access; gross costs varied more than 12-fold, from 66% of median household income in Israel to 833% in Africa.
- Countries keeping gross costs below 100% and out-of-pocket costs below 50% of median income, including South Korea , Spain , and Japan , consistently achieved the highest ART utilisation.
- Tax policy, such as South Korea's 30% income tax credit, plays a vital role in affordability. "The 50% threshold isn't a theoretical construct; it's a grounded observation of what top-performing nations have achieved," Kuku said.
- Professor Dr. Anis Feki, Chair of ESHRE, concluded that policies reducing real costs meaningfully improve access to fertility care. "Affordability is not a secondary issue, but a major determinant of access to fertility care," Feki said.
Insights by Ground AI
42 Articles
42 Articles
Lower fertility treatment costs significantly increase assisted reproduction births
A landmark international study has found that halving patient out-of-pocket costs was associated with a 2.67-fold increase in births achieved through assisted reproductive technology (ART).
·United States
Read Full Article
The Times of Northwest Indiana+38 Reposted by 38 other sources
ESHRE 42nd Annual Meeting: Halving fertility treatment costs could more than double births, major global study shows
A landmark international study has found that halving patient out-of-pocket costs was associated with a 2.67-fold increase in births achieved through assisted reproductive technology (ART).
·Cherokee County, United States
Read Full Article
Coverage Details
Total News Sources42
Leaning Left6Leaning Right5Center24Last UpdatedBias Distribution69% Center
Bias Distribution
- 69% of the sources are Center
69% Center
L 17%
C 69%
14%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
