Decrease in American birth rates makes it imperative for the United States to implement state mandated fertility coverage.

Decrease in American birth rates makes it imperative for the United States to implement state mandated fertility coverage. J Med Econ. 2018 Dec 14;:1-5 Authors: Tannus S, Dahan MH Abstract In recent years, the prevalence of infertility has increased due to delayed child bearing and increase in the rate of male infertility. Given the high cost of fertility treatment, this option is not valid for families with low income, and those who can afford it usually choose to have multiple embryo transfers, which has led to an increase in multiple birth rates and increase in the cost of perinatal care. Due to the expected increase in infertility and decrease in the national live birth rate, the United States should set a plan to fund infertility treatment and lead a policy for single embryo transfer. This will offset the decrease in the national birth rates and decrease expenditure on perinatal and neonatal complications resulting from multiple births. PMID: 30550366 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Economics - Category: Health Management Tags: J Med Econ Source Type: research