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The Economics of Reproduction-Related Health Care / Victor R. Fuchs, Leslie Perreault.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fuchs, Victor R.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w1688.
- NBER working paper series no. w1688
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women's health services--Economic aspects.
- Women's health services.
- Human reproduction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1985.
- Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1985.
- Summary:
- This paper presents the first systematic estimates of the direct money costs of reproduction-related health services. In 1982 Americans spent approximately $17.7 billion for contraception, abortion, treatment of infertility, obstetrical care, and infant care. This represented 5.5 percent of total health care spending and was equal to $327 per woman of reproductive age (15?44). Obstetrical care accounted for almost half of the reproduction-related expenditures and infant care accounted for morethan one-third. The paper discusses the demographic, technologic, economic,and sociopolitical factors that determine these expenditures. It also considers related public policy issues regarding legal status, sources of funding, and allocation of resources.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- August 1985.
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