Healthcare costs associated with gender dysphoria in children, adolescents and young adults in germany: A prevalence-based analysis using statutory health insurance data
Individuals with GD aged 4-30 years had higher annual resource use and costs than controls. Future studies analyzing resource use and costs over multiple years and examining the temporal association between GD and psychiatric disorders would allow a more accurate estimate of the costs directly attributable to GD.
Authors
- Ursula Marschall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2607-8996)
- Sophie Gottschalk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-6256)
- Nuri Başoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8055-4887)
- Dirk Horenkamp‐Sonntag
- Hans‐Helmut König (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5711-6862)
- André Karch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3014-8543)
- Claudia Konnopka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1053-2126)
- Angela Rölver
- Georg Romer
- Katja Nettermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3095-8231)
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- Techniker Krankenkasse (Germany) (DE)
- University Hospital Münster (DE)
- BARMER GEK (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The European Journal of Health Economics
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-025-01832-0
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00