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According to British researchers the cost of funding IVF treatment is vastly outweighed by the resulting economic contribution made by the child. It was calculated that "while it costs £13,000 to create a baby using IVF, each child contributes £147,000 in taxes and insurance to the UK economy." Professor Bill Ledger notes that "funding infertility treatment is not just a benefit for the family, but also for society." With birth rates falling across the Western world, subsidised IVF is seen as one measure to help alleviate the problem.

Here in Australia Medicare subsidises around 50% of the cost of IVF treatments, with no restriction on the number of cycles. Around 30% of succesful cases require three or more cycles (attempts).