New reproductive technologies and the health care system
Subtitle: the case for evidence-based medicine.
Contributors: Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies.
Series: Volume 11 of the Research studies; Research studies (Canada. Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies) ;; v. 11.
Publisher: Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies
Published: 1993
Place of publication: [Ottawa]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 808
Subjects: Human reproductive technology -- Canada.; Medical care -- Canada.; Evidence-based medicine.; Clinical Trials.; Infertility -- therapy.; National Health Programs -- economics -- Canada.; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Reproduction Techniques.
Other titles: Case for evidence-based medicine.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Issued also in French under title: Les nouvelles techniques de reproduction et le système de soins de santé.
Table of contents: title: The Canadian health care system / Michael M. Rachlis; title: Framework for technology decisions / Arminée Kazanjian and Karen Cardiff; title: Infertility treatment: from cookery to science; title: the epidemiology of randomized controlled trials / Patrick Vandekerckhove, et al.; title: Meta-analysis of controlled trials in infertility / E.G. Hughes, D.M. Fedorkow, and J.A. Collins; title: Treatment of male infertility: is it effective? A review and meta-analysis of published randomized controlled trials / Patricia O'Donovan, et al.; title: Adverse health effects of drugs used for ovulation induction / John Jarrell, Judy Seidel, and Philip Bigelow; title: Methodological challenges in evaluating a new and evolving technology: the case of in vitro fertilization / Ron Goeree, John Jarrell, and Roberta Labelle; title: 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.; title: (cont.) Public preferences toward an in vitro fertilization program and the effect of the program on patients' quality of life / Ron Goeree, Roberta Labelle, and John Jarrell; title: The child health study: record-linkage feasibility of selected data bases / Lynda Hayward, Darlene E. Flett, and Christine Davis; title: Infertility treatment; title: epidemiology, efficacy, outcomes and direct costs: a feasibility study of using data for Saskatchewan 1978-90 / Carl D'Arcy, Nigel S.B. Rawson, and Lindsay Edouard.