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

Bart Cjm Fauser; Arie Franx

doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.105179

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

Bart Cjm Fauser^*
, Arie Franx

^*Corresponding author for this work

Reproductive Medicine & Gynecology - Medical

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	105179
Number of pages	4
Journal	Reproductive Biomedicine Online
Volume	52
Issue number	1
Early online date	29 Jul 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.105179
Publication status	Published - Jan 2026

Keywords

Assisted reproductive technology
Cumulative
IVF
Outcomes
Registry
Success

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