The Economics of Reproduction-Related Health Care

Victor Fuchs and Leslie Perreault

No 1688, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: 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.

Date: 1985-08
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Published as Fuchs Victor and Leslie Perreault. "Expenditures for Reproduction-Related Health Care," Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 255, No. 1,(Jan. 3, 1986), pp. 76-81.

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