Gender-Affirming Surgery for Transgender and Gender Diverse Medicare Beneficiaries
This cross-sectional study of the Medicare program found that gender-affirming surgical procedures were very rare, particularly for those who were older, were not dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid, and who resided in the South. Although there were substantive regional differences in receipt of gender-affirming surgical procedures among transgender Medicare beneficiaries, beneficiaries not identified as transgender did not experience regional differences. Further study is warranted to examine barriers to accessing gender-affirming surgery for transgender and gender diverse beneficiaries.
Authors
- David J. Meyers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4081-1751)
- Kim Yee
- David R. Pletta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0363-153X)
- Patrick J. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1462-1150)
- Kellan Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9716-7936)
- Theresa I. Shireman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6846-8783)
- Gray Babbs
- Jaclyn M. W. Hughto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-8179)
- Ash Blythe Alpert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1736-898X)
- Em Balkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0333-9312)
Institutions
- Portland State University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Yale Cancer Center (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Whitman-Walker Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.8072
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.32