Employee benefit or occupational hazard? How employer coverage of egg freezing impacts reproductive decisions of graduate students.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To better understand if employer-based financial coverage of non-medical oocyte cryopreservation impacts the way women make decisions about their reproduction, including the decision to pursue oocyte cryopreservation and the time frame in which they plan to begin family building.

Design

Prospective survey study.

Setting

Academic medical center.

Patients

Female graduate students at five different institutions in the Boston area.

Interventions

A 27-question electronic survey.

Main outcome measures

Likelihood of pursuing oocyte cryopreservation and time frame in which intend to build family, based on presence or absence of employer-based financial coverage.

Results

The survey was completed by 171 female graduate students: 63% cited p

SUBMITTER: Cardozo ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8244361 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature