Legislation, Market Size, and Access to Gender-affirming Genital Surgery in the United States.

ABSTRACT: The value of gender-affirming genital surgery (GAGS) has been established for certain transgender or gender non-conforming patients. This study aimed to determine the availability of GAGS by state and region in the United States, and to query possible associations of access to care with healthcare legislation and local market size.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study reporting on the distribution of hospitals and private practices offering GAGS in the United States. A list of prospective gender surgeons was compiled from 18 online databases. All surgeons were individually verified and were excluded if they did not perform phalloplasty, metoidioplasty, or vaginoplasty. Pertinent legislative and transgender or gender non-conforming population data were derived from the Movement A

SUBMITTER: Dagi AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7929723 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature