Differences in utilization of Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) within human services (HHS) regions and metropolitan megaregions in the U.S

• Published in: Reproductive biology and endocrinology Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 45 - 6
• Main Authors: Zagadailov, Pavel, Hsu, Albert, Seifer, David B., Stern, Judy E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 12.06.2017; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Birth Rate; Cities; Clinics; Disease control; Disease prevention; Female; Fertility; Geography; Health and human services region; Health maintenance organizations; HMOs; Human subjects; Humans; ICSI; In vitro fertilization; Infertility; Infertility, Male - epidemiology; Insurance coverage; IVF; Live Birth - epidemiology; Live birth rate; Male; Megaregion; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcome - epidemiology; Pregnancy Rate; Reproductive technologies; Retrospective Studies; Sperm; Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic - utilization; Trends; United States - epidemiology; United States Dept. of Health and Human Services - statistics & numerical data; Utilization; Womens health; United States > US; IVF; Health and human services region; Live birth rate; ICSI; Megaregion; Utilization

Anecdotal evidence suggests that US practice patterns for ART differ by geographical region. The purpose of this study was to determine whether use of ICSI differs by region and to evaluate whether these rates are correlated with differences in live birth rates. Public data for 2012 were obtained fr...