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Value-based outcome measures for ART: much room for improvement

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2026-01

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Fauser, Bart CJMISNI 0000000116009868
Franx, ArieISNI 0000000396875911

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.105179

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Abstract

No consensus exists on the preferred way to represent the outcomes of assisted reproductive technology (ART). Currently used outcomes are usually procedure driven and generated by healthcare professionals. Value-based healthcare, emphasizing the need to define preferred outcomes with and around patients, has raised much attention in medicine outside fertility care. This commentary outlines how currently used outcome measures could detrimentally affect the way ART is practised, and proposes ways to improve such outcomes.

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Assisted reproductive technology, Cumulative, IVF, Outcomes, Registry, Success, Taverne, Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Developmental Biology, Journal Article

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Fauser, B C & Franx, A 2026, 'Value-based outcome measures for ART : much room for improvement', Reproductive Biomedicine Online, vol. 52, no. 1, 105179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.105179

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https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/468335