Length of stay and cost of birth hospitalization: effects of subfertility and ART

Abstract

Maternal fertility group was not an independent predictor of infant LOS and costs. Prematurity and birthweight were driving factors in resource utilization.

Assisted reproductive technology or infertility: What underlies adverse outcomes? Lessons from the Massachusetts Outcome Study of Assisted Reproductive Technology

“…The risk of neonatal mortality was not elevated. We also studied the length of birth hospitalizations and the costs of care incurred (79) and found that gestational age was an important factor in interfertility group differences. In stratified analyses, the most pronounced interfertility group differences were among the infants born at >37 weeks of gestation.…”

Low semen quality and adverse histological changes in testes of adult male mice treated with bee venom (Apis mellifera)

“…Infertility is emerging as a growing major global reproductive health problem ( WHO, 2015 ; Baskaran et al ., 2019 ; Sun et al ., 2019 ; Sadeghi, 2020 ). The procedures of diagnostics and treatment of infertility are long term, complicated, highly expensive, and do not always end successfully ( Inhorn and Patrizio, 2015 ; Kissin et al ., 2016 ; Dukhovny et al ., 2018 ). Therefore, many infertile couples seek complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) for infertility treatment ( Smith et al ., 2010 ; Frass et al ., 2012 ; Ghazeeri et al ., 2012 ; Bardaweel et al ., 2013 ; Read et al ., 2014 ; Hwang et al ., 2019 ) to improve their chances of having a child.…”