Comparing gestational carrier with uterine transplantation in uterine-factor infertility: a cost-effectiveness analysis

• Published in: Fertility and sterility Vol. 124; no. 1; pp. 134 - 143
• Main Authors: Combs, Joshua C., Yamasaki, Meghan U., Dougherty, Maura, Hunkler, Kiley, Osmundsen, Elizabeth B., Roura-Monllor, Jaime, Stillman, Robert J., Hill, Micah J., Devine, Kate, DeCherney, Alan H., Nelson, Richard E., O’Brien, Jeanne E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2025
• Subjects: absolute uterine-factor infertility; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Decision Trees; Female; gestational carrier; Gestational Carriers; Health Care Costs; Humans; Infertility, Female - diagnosis; Infertility, Female - economics; Infertility, Female - physiopathology; Infertility, Female - surgery; Infertility, Female - therapy; Live Birth; Models, Economic; Pregnancy; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Treatment Outcome; uterine transplantation; Uterus - transplantation; gestational carrier; Cost-effectiveness analysis; uterine transplantation; absolute uterine-factor infertility

To compare the cost-effectiveness of a gestational carrier (GC) to a uterine transplantation (UTX) in the treatment of absolute uterine-factor infertility. We performed a cost-effectiveness analysis using a decision-tree mathematical model comparing a GC with a UTX. Published literature was used to...