Association Between California's State Insurance Gender Nondiscrimination Act and Utilization of Gender-Affirming Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Gender-affirming surgery is often beneficial for gender-diverse or -dysphoric patients. Access to gender-affirming surgery is often limited through restrictive legislation and insurance policies.

Objective

To investigate the association between California's 2013 implementation of the Insurance Gender Nondiscrimination Act, which prohibits insurers and health plans from limiting benefits based on a patient's sex, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, and utilization of gender-affirming surgery among California residents.

Design, setting, and participants

Population epidemiology study of transgender and gender-diverse patients undergoing gender-affirming surgery (facial, chest, and genital surgery) between 2005 and 2019. Utilization of gender-affirmi

SUBMITTER: Schoenbrunner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015311 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature