The state of transgender health care: Policy, law, and medical frameworks

D. Stroumsa

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 3, e31-e38

Abstract: I review the current status of transgender people's access to health care in the United States and analyze federal policies regarding health care services for transgender people and the limitations thereof. I suggest a preliminary outline to enhance health care services and recommend the formulation of explicit federal policies regarding the provision of health care services to transgender people in accordance with recently issued medical care guidelines, allocation of research funding, education of health care workers, and implementation of existing nondiscrimination policies. Current policies denying medical coverage for sex reassignment surgery contradict standards of medical care and must be amended.

Keywords: article; economics; education; female; government regulation; health care delivery; health care personnel; health care policy; health service; human; information processing; legal aspect; male; medical research; needs assessment; social discrimination; transsexuality; United States, Biomedical Research; Data Collection; Delivery of Health Care; Female; Government Regulation; Health Personnel; Health Policy; Health Services Accessibility; Health Services for Transgendered Persons; Humans; Male; Needs Assessment; Social Discrimination; Transgendered Persons; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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