Sexual Identity Differences in Access to and Satisfaction With Health Care: Findings From Nationally Representative Data.

ABSTRACT: Identification of barriers to adequate health care for sexual minority populations remains elusive given that they are complex and variable across sexual orientation subgroups (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual). To address these complexities, we used data from a US nationally representative sample of health-care consumers to assess sexual identity differences in health-care access and satisfaction. We conducted a secondary data analysis of 12 waves (2012-2018) of the biannual Consumer Survey of Health Care Access (n = 30,548) to assess sexual identity differences in 6 health-care access and 3 health-care satisfaction indicators. Despite parity in health insurance coverage, sexual minorities-with some variation across sexual minority subgroups and sex-reported more chronic health conditions alo

SUBMITTER: Fish JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8522766 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature