Disparities in Access to Infertility Services in a State with Mandated Insurance Coverage

Overview

Journal Fertil Steril

Specialty Reproductive Medicine

Date 2005 Jul 13

PMID 16009188

Citations 55

Authors

Tarun Jain

Mark D Hornstein

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Abstract

The objective of our study was to examine the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of patients accessing infertility services in a state (Massachusetts) with mandated and comprehensive insurance coverage for such services. Even in a state with such insurance coverage, disparities in access to infertility services exist, with the majority of individuals accessing those services being Caucasian, highly educated, and wealthy.

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