ArticleReproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)2023
Inequities in Medically Assisted Reproduction: a Scoping Review.
Article in Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Access to fertility care for LGBTIQ+ and unpartnered persons: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2026Article
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- Cost Considerations of Direct to Consumer Infertility Testing and Sperm Cryopreservation.Current urology reports · 2026Review
- The fertility cascade: infertility prevalence, access to treatment, and successful live birth.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2026Article
- Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes for Women Without Male Partners Undergoing Fertility Care via Intrauterine Insemination: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Characteristics of Births Conceived Through Medically Assisted Reproduction by Parental Structure in Louisiana (2016-2023).Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Reproductive and Fertility Care of Women with Schizophrenia: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Navigating health insurance selection for in vitro fertilization (IVF) benefits: A study protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Male Factor Infertility and the Rural-Urban Continuum.Urology · 2025Article
- Artificial intelligence and sexual reproductive health and rights: a technological leap towards achieving sustainable development goal target 3.7.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Racial Disparities in Fertility Care: A Narrative Review of Challenges in the Utilization of Fertility Preservation and ART in Minority Populations.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Infertility has a high prevalence in the USA and health inequities play a large role in access to medically assisted reproduction (MAR). The aim of this study was to identify gaps in research pertaining to inequities in MAR and propose suggestions for future research directions. Searches were performed using MEDLINE and Ovid Embase. Articles that reported on MAR inequities, published between 2016 and 2021 in the USA, and written in English were included. The inequities investigated were adapted from the NIH-designated health disparities populations. Each article's inequity findings were extracted and reported, along with frequencies of inequities. Our sample included 66 studies. The majority of the studies investigated MAR outcomes by race/ethnicity and found that historically marginalized populations had poorer outcomes. LGBTQ + populations were less likely to use MAR or seek infertility care. Most studies found positive correlations with MAR use with income and education. The least commonly studied inequities in our sample were sex and/or gender and rural/under-resourced populations; findings showed that men and people from rural/under-resourced populations were less likely to access MAR. Studies that examined occupational status had varying findings. We suggest that future research be targeted toward: (1) standardizing and diversifying race/ethnicity reporting regarding MAR, (2) the use of community-based participatory research to increase data for LGBTQ + patients, and (3) increasing access to infertility care for men.
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