The top barrier to fertility care is financial burden, and the higher one's 'health literacy'—understanding and using health information—the higher the treatment rate, the Kyunghyang Shinmun reported.

Fertility procedures often need repeated attempts, so cumulative costs are heavy; even with support, actual use varies with information access and comprehension.

Health literacy is the ability to understand and judge medical information; those with more of it use programs and procedures more actively.

Analysts say responding to low birthrates requires both wider cost support and better information access.

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