ArticleHealth services insights2024
Identifying a Cohort of People Who Are Transgender and Gender-Diverse Within Saskatchewan's Administrative Health Databases.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interviews to Assess a Peer Health Navigator Service for People Who Are Transgender or Gender Diverse.Annals of family medicine · 2025Article
- Validating a Case Definition for Transgender Adults Using Administrative Data.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Using focus groups to inform a peer health navigator service for people who are transgender and gender diverse in Saskatchewan, Canada.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
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Abstract
This was a retrospective cohort study. Algorithms were developed to identify a cohort of people who were trans and gender diverse (PTGD) among provincial-level administrative health databases (physician, hospital, emergency department, and pharmacy) from April 1, 2012 to September 30, 2020. Then, healthcare usage was compared between the identified cohort and the general population. There were 6466 unique individuals identified in the cohort, out of a total population of 1.2 million Saskatchewan residents (~0.5%). They had a mean age of 42.5 (SD 17.7) years. 1946 (30.1%) had a female sex marker and 4560 (69.9%) had a male sex marker, which may not indicate their lived gender. The cohort had increased healthcare usage 2 years prior to their index date, compared to the general population, which continued to rise to 1 year past their index date across physician, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations. The results for drugs were mixed. The percentage of PTGD identified in Saskatchewan was comparable to other studies. Healthcare utilization among the cohort was higher than the general population. Further research could use external data sources to validate and improve the cohort identification methods. The large majority of individuals with a male sex marker deserves further investigation.
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