title: [Results after assisted reproduction at  a public fertility clinic].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Assisted reproduction is traditionally regarded as effective when it results in a high pregnancy rate per started treatment cycle. For the patients, it is more interesting to know how high the probability is of giving birth during a full course of assisted reproduction treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective series of 546 patients followed for three years of assisted reproduction at a public fertility clinic.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the follow-up period, 347 of the patients (63.6%) gave birth by means of assisted reproduction. Of the 199 remaining patients, 70 (12.8% of 546) stopped treatment because they had completed the three treatment cycles that are covered by public funding. Thirty seven patients (6.8% of 546) conceived without assisted reproduction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Assisted reproduction at public fertility clinics in Norway is as effective as that in our neighbouring countries. Over the past 18 years, the effectiveness of assisted reproduction has increased by about 50%.
authors.affiliation: Fertilitetsklinikken Sør, Sykehuset Telemark, Porsgrunn, Norway. hhai@sthf.no
authors.forename: Hans Ivar
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Hanevik
authors.forename: Jarl A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: Anette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bergh
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eriksen
authors.forename: Unn Mette
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Friberg
authors.forename: Caroline Vegheim
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Haraldsen
authors.forename: Trine Gullhaug
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Nilsen
authors.forename: Astrid Helene
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Sydtveit
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rode
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000628:therapy*; D009664:Norway; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000592:standards; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome