The COVID-19 crisis and ART activity in France.

ABSTRACT:

Research question

What was the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on assisted reproductive technology (ART) activity in public and private hospitals in France in 2020?

Design

All women who underwent oocyte retrieval in 2020 (study group, n = 40,759) or in 2019 (comparison group, n = 52,403) were selected from French national health insurance databases. The weekly ART activity in 2020 was compared with the weekly ART activity in 2019.

Results

In 2020, annual ART activity dropped by nearly 30% compared with 2019. Whereas weekly ART activity was at its normal level at the beginning of 2020, it sharply decreased and was almost non-existent during the first French lockdown (March-May 2020) in both public and private hospitals. After the first lockdown, private hospitals retur

SUBMITTER: Bithorel PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9933545 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature