Health care utilization, barriers to care, and hormone usage among male-to-female transgender persons in New York City

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 713-719

  Sanchez, Nelson F ^a   Sanchez, John P ^a   Danoff, Ann ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MEDICAL CARE; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNITY CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGESTERONE; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SPIRONOLACTONE; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149101018     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.132035     Document Type: Article

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