Association of Health Policy With Payment and Regional Shifts in Gender-Affirming Surgery

Sacha C Hauc; Aaron S Long; Mohammad Ali Mozaffari; Kirby L Mateja; Alicia P Stephan; Adam H Junn; Michael Alperovich

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.1053

Association of Health Policy With Payment and Regional Shifts in Gender-Affirming Surgery

JAMA Surg. 2022 Jul 1;157(7):630-631. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.1053.

Authors

Sacha C Hauc¹, Aaron S Long¹, Mohammad Ali Mozaffari¹, Kirby L Mateja¹, Alicia P Stephan¹, Adam H Junn¹, Michael Alperovich¹

Affiliation

¹ Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Abstract

This cohort study examines changes in gender-affirming surgery by US region and insurance use during periods when antidiscrimination policies took effect in the US between 2008 and 2017.

MeSH terms

Health Policy
Humans
Sex Reassignment Surgery*
Transgender Persons*

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding