Open AccessHealth Care Utilization, Barriers to Care, and Hormone Usage Among Male-to-Female Transgender Persons in New York City
Author(s) -
Nelson F. Sánchez,
John Paul Sánchez,
Ann Danoff
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.132035
Subject(s) - transgender , medicine , family medicine , health care , medline , gerontology , psychology , political science , psychoanalysis , law , economics , economic growth
We investigated health care utilization, barriers to care, and hormone use among male-to-female transgender persons residing in New York City to determine whether current care is in accord with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the goals of Healthy People 2010.