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Peer-reviewed
Research Article
Out-of-pocket expenditure experienced by couples seeking In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) services at tertiary care facilities in India
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Prerana Patil ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Prerana Patil, Akshita Vikani, Deepshikha Sharma, Oshima Sachin, Shankar Prinja
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Validation, Visualization, Project administration
Affiliation Department of Operational & Implementation Research, Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Research in Reproductive and Child Health, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Akshita Vikani ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Prerana Patil, Akshita Vikani, Deepshikha Sharma, Oshima Sachin, Shankar Prinja
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Validation, Visualization
Affiliation Department of Operational & Implementation Research, Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Research in Reproductive and Child Health, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Deepshikha Sharma ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Prerana Patil, Akshita Vikani, Deepshikha Sharma, Oshima Sachin, Shankar Prinja
Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
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Oshima Sachin ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Prerana Patil, Akshita Vikani, Deepshikha Sharma, Oshima Sachin, Shankar Prinja
Roles Investigation, Supervision
Affiliation Health Technology Assessment in India, Department of Health Research, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Biju Soman ,
Roles Investigation, Supervision
¶‡ BS, BSB, RT, VS, RV, AM, RP, DS, SP, also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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Bhavani Shankara Bagepally ,
Roles Investigation, Supervision
¶‡ BS, BSB, RT, VS, RV, AM, RP, DS, SP, also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Health Technology Assessment Resource Hub, Indian Council of Medical Research, National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Renu Tanwar ,
Roles Investigation, Supervision
¶‡ BS, BSB, RT, VS, RV, AM, RP, DS, SP, also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, IVF & Reproductive Biology Centre, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Vanita Suri ,
Roles Investigation, Supervision
¶‡ BS, BSB, RT, VS, RV, AM, RP, DS, SP, also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation IVF Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
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V. Radha ,
Roles Investigation, Supervision
¶‡ BS, BSB, RT, VS, RV, AM, RP, DS, SP, also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine & Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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M. Anitha ,
Roles Investigation, Supervision
¶‡ BS, BSB, RT, VS, RV, AM, RP, DS, SP, also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine, SAT Hospital, Government Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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P. Ramesh ,
Roles Investigation, Supervision
¶‡ BS, BSB, RT, VS, RV, AM, RP, DS, SP, also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine, SAT Hospital, Government Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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Deepti Shrivastava ,
Roles Investigation, Supervision
¶‡ BS, BSB, RT, VS, RV, AM, RP, DS, SP, also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
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Sukhpreet Patel ,
Roles Investigation, Supervision
¶‡ BS, BSB, RT, VS, RV, AM, RP, DS, SP, also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Operational & Implementation Research, Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Research in Reproductive and Child Health, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Shankar Prinja ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Prerana Patil, Akshita Vikani, Deepshikha Sharma, Oshima Sachin, Shankar Prinja
Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
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Beena Joshi1 ,
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: joshib@nirrch.res.in
Affiliation Department of Operational & Implementation Research, Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Research in Reproductive and Child Health, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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IVF Project Team
Roles Investigation
¶Group authorship of the IVF Project team. The complete membership of the author group can be found in the Acknowledgments.
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Out-of-pocket expenditure experienced by couples seeking In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) services at tertiary care facilities in India
- Prerana Patil,
- Akshita Vikani,
- Deepshikha Sharma,
- Oshima Sachin,
- Biju Soman,
- Bhavani Shankara Bagepally,
- Renu Tanwar,
- Vanita Suri,
- V. Radha,
- M. Anitha
- Published: July 15, 2026
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0351080