@inbook{d2e4c0b7ac1d44ce853d5474f73b6679,
title = "Review of medical, socioeconomic, and systemic barriers to transgender care",
abstract = "Transgender individuals face many barriers to accessing medical care. In this chapter, we review the major barriers to health care faced by transgender patients in three parts: First, issues within health care that encompass gaps in medical education, physician knowledge and competencies, and innovations in medical curricula. Second, socioeconomic considerations of the impact of age, race, and ethnicity on access to care. Lastly, we cover systemic barriers in the form of both state and federal insurance coverage of transgender patients and challenges in data collection. While health disparities in the LGB and transgender population persist, it remains important to identify and target the major barriers, as well as consider future steps to be taken.",
keywords = "Barriers, Barriers, Data, Education, Ethnicity, Federal, Gaps, Health care, Insurance, Medical education, Race, Socioeconomic, Transgender, Transgender health, Youth",
author = "Safer, \{Joshua D.\} and Chan, \{Kelly J.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-05683-4\_2",
language = "English",
series = "Contemporary Endocrinology",
publisher = "Humana Press Inc.",
pages = "25--38",
booktitle = "Contemporary Endocrinology",
}