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ArticleDisability and health journal2025

Chronic conditions among transgender Medicare beneficiaries: Variation by race, ethnicity, and Medicaid dual-enrollment.

Gray Babbs, Abby Mulcahy, Jacqueline Ellison, Hiren Varma, David R Pletta, Kim Yee, Landon D Hughes, Theresa I Shireman, Jaclyn M W Hughto

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Gray BabbsDepartment of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 S Main St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA; Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Brown University School of Public Health, 121S Main St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA. Electronic address: gray_babbs@brown.edu.
Abby MulcahyVA Portland Health Care System, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd, Portland, OR, 97239, USA; OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, 1810 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, USA. Electronic address: abigail.mulcahy@va.gov.
Jacqueline EllisonDepartment of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, 130 De Soto Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA; Center for Innovative Research on Gender Health Equity, University of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. Electronic address: jellison@pitt.edu.
Hiren VarmaDepartment of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 S Main St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA; Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Brown University School of Public Health, 121S Main St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA. Electronic address: hiren_varma@brown.edu.
David R PlettaCenter for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 S Main St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA. Electronic address: david_pletta@brown.edu.
Kim YeeOHSU-PSU School of Public Health, 1810 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR, 97201, USA. Electronic address: kimyee@pdx.edu.
Landon D HughesDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA; Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, 401 Park Drive, Suite 401 East, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. Electronic address: lhughes@hsph.harvard.edu.
Theresa I ShiremanDepartment of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 S Main St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA; Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Brown University School of Public Health, 121S Main St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA. Electronic address: theresa_shireman@brown.edu.
Jaclyn M W HughtoCenter for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 S Main St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA; Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 S Main St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 S Main St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA. Electronic address: jaclyn_hughto@brown.edu.

Funding

Examining Health Comorbidities and Healthcare Utilization Disparities among Older Transgender and Cisgender Adults in the U.S.R01AG073440 · NIA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI Jaclyn White Hughto, David Joseph Meyers · 2022 to 2026
$2.7M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG073440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTransgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults experience disability at twice the rate of cisgender (non-TGD) adults in the US. TGD people of color and low-income TGD people experience intersecting discrimination that may compound chronic conditions and disability. To our knowledge, no research has focused on chronic conditions among TGD Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities.

objectiveWe compared the probability of chronic conditions among TGD adults with disability-based eligibility for Medicare across race, ethnicity, and dual Medicaid-Medicare enrollment.

methodsWe used cross-sectional Medicare enrollment and claims data between 2008 and 2017 for fee-for-service beneficiaries eligible based on disability. We applied a claims-based algorithm to identify TGD beneficiaries. We assessed differences in beneficiaries' age-adjusted predicted probability of chronic conditions across race, ethnicity, and dual eligibility.

resultsDual-eligible TGD beneficiaries (N = 8041) had a higher predicted probability of nine out of ten health condition categories relative to Medicare-only TGD beneficiaries (N = 6237). For each race and ethnicity category, the most prevalent condition categories were mental health, cardiovascular conditions, and non-cardiovascular-related physical health conditions. Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black TGD beneficiaries had over two and three times the probability of infectious disease as non-Hispanic White TGD beneficiaries, respectively.

conclusionsTGD adults with disabilities have high rates of chronic conditions with additional disparities by race, ethnicity, and dual eligibility status. Our findings offer potential directions for mixed-methods and intervention research aimed at identifying and ameliorating the drivers of these disparities among TGD Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities.

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EthnicityMedicaidMedicarePersons with DisabilitiesRacial GroupsTransgender PersonsAdultAgedChronic DiseaseCross-Sectional StudiesEligibility DeterminationFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnited States

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PMID39701841
PMCPMC11885010

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