Harefuah
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Accurate clinical reports of in vitro fertilization cycle rank (IVF-CR] are important because of their predictive value of treatment success--clinical pregnancy. This parameter, therefore, facilitates decision-making on both individual and population levels. The District of Haifa and Western GaLilee currently enrolls about 700,000 insured people, and provides hundreds of IVF cycles (pick-ups and frozen-thawed) at a cost of millions of shekels each year. Hence, accurate reports of IVF cycle rank is extremely important in order to ensure that public funds are actually directed to couples who may benefit from them. ⋯ CLinicaL reports of IVF-CR are currently accurate in less than a third of the cases. It is recommended that national regulatory bodies should issue compulsory guidelines in relation to recording and reporting of IVF-CR.