Considering Quality Measures for the Care of Transgender Patients: Preliminary Findings from a Technical Expert Panel.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Transgender (TG) individuals are a historically understudied and underserved patient population. Although clinical guidelines for the care of TG patients exist, quality measures (QMs) specific to this population are lacking. The goal of this study was to obtain expert input on aspects of care for which quality measurement may be appropriate and describe feedback on candidate QMs. Methods: We convened a virtual technical expert panel in September 2020 with six experts in TG medical care. Experts participated in a guided discussion and provided numeric ratings on dimensions of measure suitability (importance, validity/reliability, feasibility, and ease of understanding) for eight candidate QMs spanning multiple care domains (e.g., laboratory testing/monit

SUBMITTER: Dunbar MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9150130 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature