How does age-based financing of screening tests affect test utilization and outcomes? We use the variation over time and the sharp cross-sectional change in eligibility that were induced by a 1993 policy change in Israel’s public healthcare system that lowered the eligibility age for amniocentesis testing from 37 to 35, to draw causal inference about this issue in a setting where financing may ...

INTRODUCTION As a consequence of the introduction of effective screening methods, the number of invasive prenatal diagnostic procedures is steadily declining. The aim of this review is to summarize the risks related to these procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS Review of the literature. RESULTS Data from randomised controlled trials as well as from systematic reviews and a large national regist...

Synopsis – Based on newspaper and magazine articles, the present paper explores the status of the New Reproductive Technologies in India. The important aspect that is observed is the remarkable difference in the coverage that is given to “test-tube babies” versus sex-determination tests. While on the one hand the arrival of “test-tube babies” receives a lot of fanfare and glorification in the m...