Table 2.

Overview of the reimbursement of fertility-preserving measures for men in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Criteria	Germany	Austria	Switzerland
Reimbursement of fertility preservation before cancer therapy	Yes	No	Yes
Lower age limit	From puberty	IVF Fund: from 18 years	Post-pubertal
Upper age limit	Up to 50 years	IVF Fund: up to 50 years	Up to 40 years
Criteria	Benign and malignant diseases that may lead to fertility impairment	Partnership, indication, health insurance, main residence of one partner, age limits, citizenship (or residence permit)	Malignant and benign diseases requiring chemo- or radiotherapy, with a risk of azoospermia > 20%
Techniques	Cryopreservation of sperm Biopsies and cryopreservation of testicular tissue Storage up to the 50th year of age	–	Cryopreservation of sperm Removal and cryopreservation of testicular tissue Storage up to 10 years
Reimbursement of GnRH analogues	No	–	No
Sufficient cost coverage of measures	No	No	Yes
Reimbursement of fertility preservation after cancer therapy	No (possibly case-by-case decision)	No	No