New Data from University of Massachusetts Illuminate Findings in Healthcare Economics (Health Insurance Coverage and Health Outcomes Among Transgender Adults In the United States): Economics – Healthcare Economics

2022 APR 07 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Researchers detail new data in Economics - Healthcare Economics. According to news reporting out of Amherst, Massachusetts, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “This study provides evidence of health and insurance coverage disparities between the cisgender and transgender US populations using repeated cross sections from the 2014-2020 Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance Systems.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Massachusetts, “The analysis tests whether increasing the incidence of insurance coverage among transgender people could alleviate the health disparity. The empirical approach uses a fuzzy regression discontinuity design that leverages breaks in government health assistance eligibility by age.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “For transgender recipients only, insurance coverage meaningfully improves mental health; for cisgender recipients only, insurance coverage reduces difficulties with concentration and memory; and for both the transgender and cisgender populations, insurance coverage contributes to important improvements in physical health, overall health, and healthcare access.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Health Insurance Coverage and Health Outcomes Among Transgender Adults In the United States. Health Economics, 2022. Health Economics can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Health Economics - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1050)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Travis Campbell, University of Massachusetts, Dept. of Economics, Amherst, MA 01002, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4483. 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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