Findings on Medical Research Discussed by Investigators at University of Washington (Prevalence of Private and Public Health Insurance Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults): Health and Medicine – Medical Research

2022 APR 07 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Health and Medicine - Medical Research have been published. According to news reporting out of Seattle, Washington, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Little is known about how health insurance payer types differ between transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people and cisgender people. Much of what is known about insurance coverage among TGD adults has been based on research from claims and electronic health record data, which excludes individuals who have not accessed gender-affirming care.”

Financial support for this research came from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Washington, “Research designed to understand how TGD populations pay for health care to best inform care interventions and public insurance policies is lacking. The objective of this study was to examine differences in the prevalence of public and private health insurance between transgender and cisgender adults. Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, this study estimated prevalence of health insurance coverage among TGD and cisgender adults residing in 22 states that administered the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity module and the Healthcare Access module from 2014 to 2019. This study estimated the odds of health insurance coverage (no insurance, private insurance, public insurance) among cisgender adults compared with TGD adults. TGD people had greater odds of being uninsured compared with cisgender women. Among nondisabled, nonelderly respondents, TGD adults had lower odds of having private insurance and higher odds of public insurance compared with cisgender men. Among respondents who were likely Medicaid-eligible, TGD respondents had lower odds of having public insurance and higher odds of being uninsured compared with cisgender women.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These findings provide foundational information about the payer mix among TGD people and provide insight into barriers to health insurance that TGD adults may face.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Prevalence of Private and Public Health Insurance Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults. Medical Care, 2022;60(4):311-315. Medical Care can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Medical Care - http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/pages/default.aspx)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Kendall A. Lawley, University of Washington, Dept. of Epidemiology, 1400 Ne Campus Pkwy, Seattle, WA 98195, United States. Additional authors for this research include Jae Downing and Alex McDowell.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001693. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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