Differences in Healthcare Access, Use, and Experiences Within a Community Sample of Racially Diverse Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Emerging Adults

LGBT Health

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 434-442

  MacApagal, Kathryn ^a   Bhatia, Ramona ^a,b   Greene, George J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; health services; healthcare disparities; minority health; young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; NONHUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSGENDER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85001889642     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2015.0124     Document Type: Article

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