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• 6 x risk of preterm birth
(Blondel et al., Am J Public Health 2004)
• Triplets 31.9 g.w., quadruplets 29.8 g.w. (CDC, 2008)
• Low birth weight, cerebral palsy, developmental delay...
• Mothers of multiple births: 43% hider odds of depression
(Glazebrook et al., Fert Steril 2004)
HOM = higher‐order multiples
Twin and HOM complications
Finland
• eSET and IVF costs: about 5 500 € saved
per live birth at term (Veleva et al., Hum Reprod 2009)
• Pregnancy and neonatal costs:
IVF singleton – 6 000 €
IVF twin (one child) – 8 000 € (Koivurova et al., Hum Reprod 2004)
Canada
• eSET from 1.6% to 31.6% ‐> Health costs first year/baby CAD 49,417 vs. 43,362 (Vélez et al., Hum Reprod 2014)
eSET financial benefits
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