Length of stay and cost of birth hospitalization: effects of subfertility and ART.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study is to measure delivery length of stay (LOS) and cost as proxies for infant morbidity in assisted reproductive technology (ART) and subfertile deliveries.

Study design

Massachusetts singleton births, ≥  23 weeks gestational age (GA) between 2004 and 2010, were linked with ART data, vital records, and hospital discharges. LOS and costs (2010 US dollars) of infants born to fertile (no ART or indicators of infertility), subfertile (indicators of infertility but no ART), and ART-treated (linked to ART data) deliveries were compared. Least-square means and SE were calculated.

Results

Of 345,756 singletons (fertile n = 332,481, subfertile n = 4987, and ART-treated n = 8288), overall LOS was 3.79 ± 0.01, 4.32 ± 0.15, and 4.90 ± 0.04 days,

SUBMITTER: Dukhovny D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6217794 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature