A reducing demand for tertiary hospital‐based gender affirming care in Victoria, Australia
This study presents a retrospective audit of new referrals to three tertiary gender clinics in Victoria, Australia, from 2020 to 2024. It finds a plateau and slight reduction in referrals, in contrast to previous increases over the preceding decade. The reduction may stem from a shift to primary and community-based services. These findings suggest decentralising care could ease strain on tertiary clinics while maintaining access, informing models for the delivery of genderaffirming care in Australia.
Authors
- David Colón-Cabrera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3301-6714)
- Gurvinder Kalra
- Ken C. Pang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6881-775X)
- Ada S. Cheung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5257-5525)
- Sarah Lum
- Donna Eade
- Richard Lane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3334-5545)
Institutions
- Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
- Austin Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Internal Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.70265
- Primary Topic
- Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council