Barriers to Care Among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals With Chronic Inflammatory Skin Diseases in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Research on the prevalence of barriers to care among sexual and gender minority (SGM) patients with chronic inflammatory skin diseases (CISDs) in the US is limited.

Objective

To compare the prevalence of cost and noncost barriers to care among SGM and non-SGM patients with CISDs and to analyze the prevalence of barriers based on SGM status and race and ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional study of health care access and utilization survey data collected by the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program between May 31, 2017, and July 1, 2022, was conducted. Participants were adults aged 18 years or older with CISDs who enrolled in All of Us directly online or through partner health care practitioner organizations loc

SUBMITTER: Nock MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10535014 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature