Infertility treatment country's first fact-finding survey In vitro fertilization cost Large difference among medical institutions

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conducted the first fact-finding survey on the financial burden of the parties concerned in order to expand the insurance coverage for infertility treatment.

Of this, the cost of in vitro fertilization was about 500,000 yen on average, but it was also found that there is a big difference depending on the medical institution.

In order to reduce the financial burden of infertility treatment, the government plans to expand insurance coverage from the 4th year of Reiwa, and prior to that, from October to December last year, the first fact-finding survey was conducted on medical institutions and parties concerned. I did.

Of these, surveys of obstetrics and gynecology medical institutions were conducted by mail, and 394 of the 622 facilities responded.

The average cost of treatment was 30,166 yen for artificial insemination and 501,284 yen for in vitro fertilization.

However, there are differences in the content and amount of treatment depending on the medical institution, and while there were four facilities with the lowest price of 200,000 yen or less for in vitro fertilization, there were also facilities with the highest price of 900,000 yen to 1 million yen. There were 5 places.

A survey of people receiving fertility treatment and those who have received it in the past was also conducted, and responses were obtained from 1636 people via the Internet.

According to this, the period from the start of so-called "pregnancy" to seeing a medical institution was 68% within half a year, and 82% when extended to within a year.

Regarding psychological stress, there were four questions, such as "Did you feel unhappy with another person's pregnancy?" And "Did you feel pressure from your parents?" In all of these questions, women felt more stressed than men. Tend to be.

The party's investigation also asked questions about special adoption and foster care.

According to this, 41% of men and 34% of women answered that they were interested, and about 70% of them answered that they were interested but did not collect information.

Based on the results of this survey, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says that it will proceed with specific studies toward insurance coverage for infertility treatment.