Emergency Department Use Disparities Among Transgender and Cisgender Medicare Beneficiaries, 2011-2020

JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Apr 1;184(4):443-445. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.8209.

Gray Babbs^{1

2}, Jaclyn M W Hughto^{3

4

5}, Theresa I Shireman^{1

2}, David J Meyers^{1

2}

¹ Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Center for Gerontology & Healthcare Research, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
⁵ Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study compares emergency department use among transgender and gender-diverse as well as cisgender Medicare beneficiaries.