Health Care Use, Health Behaviors, and Medical Conditions Among Individuals in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Partnerships: A Cross-Sectional Observational Analysis of the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS), 2003-2011.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior research documents disparities between sexual minority and nonsexual minority individuals regarding health behaviors and health services utilization. However, little is known regarding differences in the prevalence of medical conditions.

Objectives

To examine associations between sexual minority status and medical conditions.

Research design

We conducted multiple logistic regression analyses of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2003-2011). We identified individuals who reported being partnered with an individual of the same sex, and constructed a matched cohort of individuals in opposite-sex partnerships.

Subjects

A total of 494 individuals in same-sex partnerships and 494 individuals in opposite-sex partnerships.

Measures

Measures o

SUBMITTER: Blosnich JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5137194 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature