Journal of the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy

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New Generation IVF – What does it mean?

W. Ombelet

Genk Institute for Fertility Technology, ZOL Hospitals, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium. Correspondence at: willem.ombelet@telenet.be

Keywords:

Adjuvants, affordable, genetics, cost-effective, IVF, new technology


Published online: Jan 11 2016

Abstract

What will be the future of IVF taking into account the growing attention of health care providers: will providing the best success-rate per trial by using more and more innovative techniques become our only goal or should we also focus on a strategy to reduce costs wherever possible. A go-together of both strategies seems to be the best option to convince governments and health care providers to further support the use of assisted reproductive technologies. To provide cost-effective, high quality and affordable IVF should be our main concern not only from an economical but also from an ethical point of view.