Array Comparative Genomic Hybridisation, IVF, and Public Policy | Providing Subsidised Fertility Care in California by Integrating aCGH, IVF, and Mandatory Single Embryo Transfer

Eric Scott Sills

ISBN 10: 3659107050 / ISBN 13: 9783659107054

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

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Array Comparative Genomic Hybridisation, IVF, and Public Policy | Providing Subsidised Fertility Care in California by Integrating aCGH, IVF, and Mandatory Single Embryo Transfer | Eric Scott Sills | Taschenbuch | 60 S. | Englisch | 2013 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783659107054 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Array Comparative Genomic Hybridisation, IVF, and Public Policy | Providing Subsidised Fertility Care in California by Integrating aCGH, IVF, and Mandatory Single Embryo Transfer
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659107050
• ISBN 13: 9783659107054
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 5D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 5 millimeters depth
• Weight: 107 grams
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Synopsis

Essential reading for physicians, legislators, economists, ethicists, and anyone interested in reproductive health policy, this is the first economic & demographic analysis to articulate why molecular genetic techniques must be integrated with IVF going forward. The consequences of multiple embryo transfers with conventional IVF are presented with an emphasis on the economic impact of these 'super-utiliser' outcomes. Dr. Sills depicts embryo selection in traditional IVF as an incomplete procedure, and forecasts the recovery of California health spend in the context of comprehensive (embryo) chromosomal screening using array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) and single embryo transfer. A funding formula is developed to show how partial government support for every IVF cycle in California can still be net revenue positive for the state--because although IVF+aCGH is expensive, the price to obtain this technology is always less than the cost for one high-risk preterm/multiple birth. Dr. Sills reinforces the compelling primary interest in lowering the preterm delivery rate from IVF, yet improved access to IVF is also framed as a major secondary public health benefit.

About the Author

E. Scott Sills (AB, Vanderbilt; MD, Tennessee; PhD, Westminster-London) completed his reproductive endocrinology fellowship at Cornell Univ in New York City. His research interests include molecular genetics, bioethics, minimal access fertility surgery, and the interface between government and medical practice.