TY  - JOUR
AU  - Fuchs,Victor R.
AU  - Perreault,Leslie
TI  - The Economics of Reproduction-Related Health Care
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 1688
PY  - 1985
Y2  - August 1985
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w1688
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w1688.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Victor R. Fuchs
796 Cedro Way
Stanford, CA  94305
Tel: 650/326-7639
Fax: 650/328-4163
E-Mail: vfuchs@stanford.edu
AB  - 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.
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