Gender-Affirming Surgery for Transgender and Gender Diverse Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medicare covers gender-affirming surgical procedures on a case-by-case basis. The proportion of Medicare beneficiaries who receive gender-affirming surgical procedures is unknown.

Objective

To examine the frequency and trends of gender-affirming surgical procedures for Medicare beneficiaries.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used national Medicare data to analyze transgender and gender diverse beneficiaries' use of gender-affirming surgical procedures from January 1, 2016, to February 29, 2020, as well as use of the same surgical procedures by beneficiaries not identified as transgender. Transgender Medicare beneficiaries were identified using a claims-based algorithm; nontransgender individuals were selected using propensity sco

SUBMITTER: Balkan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12046427 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature