2023
Disparities in health condition diagnoses among aging transgender and cisgender medicare beneficiaries, 2008-2017
Hughto J, Varma H, Babbs G, Yee K, Alpert A, Hughes L, Ellison J, Downing J, Shireman T. Disparities in health condition diagnoses among aging transgender and cisgender medicare beneficiaries, 2008-2017. Frontiers In Endocrinology 2023, 14: 1102348. PMID: 36992801, PMCID: PMC10040837, DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1102348.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth condition diagnosisCisgender individualsMedicare beneficiariesHealth diagnosisProportion of transgenderMedicare fee-for-service dataGender differencesModifiable risk factorsTrans masculineTransgender individualsTransgender populationCisgender sampleCisgender maleTransgenderMonths of enrollmentCisgenderNon-HispanicCondition diagnosisBetween-group gender differencesDocumented disparitiesNational estimatesHealth conditionsAnalytic sampleEnrollment lengthHighest burden
2022
Improving Data-Driven Methods to Identify and Categorize Transgender Individuals by Gender in Insurance Claims Data
Hughto J, Hughes L, Yee K, Downing J, Ellison J, Alpert A, Jasuja G, Shireman T. Improving Data-Driven Methods to Identify and Categorize Transgender Individuals by Gender in Insurance Claims Data. LGBT Health 2022, 9: 254-263. PMID: 35290746, PMCID: PMC9150133, DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2021.0433.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransgender peopleGender categoriesTransgender individualsSample of transgender individualsChronic health conditionsTransgender populationTransgender samplesSex-specific conditionsOdds of post-traumatic stress disorderDrug use disordersHealth conditionsHealth disparitiesGender categorizationGenderCensus regionPeopleUse disorderTransgenderInsuranceAlcohol use disorderPost-traumatic stress disorderCensusIndividualsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disordersLogistic regression