Title: New reproductive technologies and the health care system : the case for evidence-based medicine.
Authors: Canada.
Publisher: Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Clinical trials; National Health Programs economics; Clinical Trials as Topic; Human reproductive technology Canada.; Medical care Canada; Infertility therapy; Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; Reproductive Techniques; Evidence-based medicine.; Canada
Contents: The Canadian health care system / Michael M. Rachlis -- Framework for technology decisions / Arminée Kazanjian and Karen Cardiff -- Infertility treatment: from cookery to science-- the epidemiology of randomized controlled trials / Patrick Vandekerckhove, et al. -- Meta-analysis of controlled trials in infertility / E.G. Hughes, D.M. Fedorkow, and J.A. Collins -- Treatment of male infertility: is it effective? A review and meta-analysis of published randomized controlled trials / Patricia O'Donovan, et al. -- Adverse health effects of drugs used for ovulation induction / John Jarrell, Judy Seidel, and Philip Bigelow -- Methodological challenges in evaluating a new and evolving technology: the case of in vitro fertilization / Ron Goeree, John Jarrell, and Roberta Labelle -- Cost-effectiveness of an in vitro fertilization program and the costs of associated hospitalizations and other infertility treatments / Ron Goeree, Roberta Labelle, and John Jarrell.