Time to Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy Among US Military-Affiliated Adolescents and Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Use of exogenous sex steroid hormones, when indicated, may improve outcomes in adolescents and young adults with gender incongruence. Little is known about factors associated with the time from diagnosis of gender dysphoria to initiation of gender-affirming hormone therapy. Identification of inequities in time to treatment may have clinical, policy, and research implications.

Objective

To evaluate factors associated with time to initiation of gender-affirming hormone therapy after a diagnosis of gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults receiving care within the US Military Health System.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used TRICARE Prime billing and pharmacy data contained in the Military Health System Data Reposito

SUBMITTER: Locke ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11334009 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature