Assisted reproductive technology use, embryo transfer practices, and birth outcomes after infertility insurance mandates: New Jersey and Connecticut

Autor: Sheree L. Boulet, Denise J. Jamieson, Jewel Mullen, Carol Stone, Sara Crawford, Dmitry M. Kissin
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Male
Time Factors
Pregnancy Rate
medicine.medical_treatment
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
030212 general & internal medicine
Practice Patterns
Physicians'
media_common
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
New Jersey
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Health Care Costs
Embryo transfer
Treatment Outcome
Mandate
Female
Pregnancy
Multiple
Live birth
Live Birth
Infertility
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Reproductive Techniques
Assisted
media_common.quotation_subject
Fertility
Fertilization in Vitro
Article
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
medicine
Humans
Quality of Health Care
Retrospective Studies
Gynecology
Assisted reproductive technology
Insurance
Health
business.industry
medicine.disease
Embryo Transfer
Pregnancy Complications
Connecticut
Reproductive Medicine
Health Care Reform
Multiple birth
Health care reform
business
Demography
Zdroj: Fertility and sterility. 105(2)
ISSN: 1556-5653
Popis: Objective To explore whether recently enacted infertility mandates including coverage for assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment in New Jersey (2001) and Connecticut (2005) increased ART use, improved embryo transfer practices, and decreased multiple birth rates. Design Retrospective cohort study using data from the National ART Surveillance System. We explored trends in ART use, embryo transfer practices and birth outcomes, and compared changes in practices and outcomes during a 2-year period before and after passing the mandate between mandate and non-mandate states. Setting Not applicable. Patient(s) Cycles of ART performed in the United States between 1996 and 2013. Intervention(s) Infertility insurance mandates including coverage for ART treatment passed in New Jersey (2001) and Connecticut (2005). Main Outcome Measures(s) Number of ART cycles performed, number of embryos transferred, multiple live birth rates. Result(s) Both New Jersey and Connecticut experienced an increase in ART use greater than the non-mandate states. The mean number of embryos transferred decreased significantly in New Jersey and Connecticut; however, the magnitudes were not significantly different from non-mandate states. There was no significant change in ART birth outcomes in either mandate state except for an increase in live births in Connecticut; the magnitude was not different from non-mandate states. Conclusion(s) The infertility insurance mandates passed in New Jersey and Connecticut were associated with increased ART treatment use but not a decrease in the number of embryos transferred or the rate of multiples; however, applicability of the mandates was limited.
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