These results provide the first quantitative evidence of health disparities by race and gender within a Canadian transgender population and suggest a social gradient in access to family medicine within Ontario’s “universal health insurance” system.
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Estimating Unmet Need for OHIP-funded Sex Reassignment Surgeries
A Report Prepared for the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care of Ontario
The objective of this report is to provide information from Trans PULSE Project data to inform health systems planning with regard to sex reassignment surgeries covered under the Ontario Health Insurance Program (OHIP). Hormonal care and non-listed medical procedures are thus not included, though they represent important additional components of transition-related care.