A reduction in public funding for fertility treatment - an econometric analysis of access to treatment and savings to government

Table 4 Semi-elasticity of number of services and number of patients after the introduction of EMSNCap Policy (for Fresh, Frozen and IUI Cycles)

	Base model and lag				With anticipatory behaviour and lag
				all age				all age
Variable	Age ≤ 33	34 ≤ Age ≥ 39	Age ≥ 40	groups	Age ≤ 33	34 ≤ Age ≥ 39	Age ≥ 40	groups
	Fresh Cycles
Number of services	-0.22*	-0.34***	-0.44***	-0.25***	-0.14*	-0.21***	-0.38***	-0.16***
Number of patients	-0.19*	-0.28***	-0.32***	-0.20***	-0.12*	-0.16***	-0.28***	-0.13***
	Frozen Cycles
Number of services	-0.11*	-0.07*	-0.09	-0.09**	-0.06	-0.08	0.07	-0.04
Number of patients	-0.11*	-0.07*	-0.10	-0.09**	-0.07	-0.09*	0.06	-0.05
	IUI Cycles
Number of services	-0.14**	-0.07	0.13	-0.01	-0.04	-0.06	0.12	0.00
Number of patients	-0.04	-0.04	0.15	0.02	-0.03	-0.04	0.16*	0.02

OLS Regression method is used for the semi-elasticity models. Estimated coefficients are presented. * Significance at 10%, ** Significance at 5%, *** Significance at 1%. Each column reports a separate model specification.

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