Examining the Intersectional and Structural Issues of Routine Healthcare Utilization and Access Inequities for LGB People with Chronic Diseases.

ABSTRACT: In the United States, although the gaps in health insurance coverage by sexual orientation have been closing since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and legalization of same-sex marriage, the LGB group (i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual) continues to report healthcare utilization and access inequities such as more delayed or unmet care. The extant research has often examined healthcare utilization and access inequities due to affordability (e.g., out-of-pocket costs). However, healthcare utilization and access inequities are only partially explained by cost reasons; there are non-cost reasons that have not been adequately empirically examined. The present study innovatively includes discrimination structural variables to understand how social structure is associated with healthcare

SUBMITTER: Cao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12732992 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature