Trends in Referrals to a Pediatric Transgender Clinic

We characterized referral trends over time at a transgender clinic within an integrated health system in Northern California. We identified the transition-related requests of pediatric transgender and gender-nonconforming patients and evaluated differences in referrals by age group. Medical records...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2019-11, Vol.144 (5), p.1
Main Authors: Handler, Ted, Hojilla, J Carlo, Varghese, Reshma, Wellenstein, Whitney, Satre, Derek D, Zaritsky, Eve
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age
Age groups
California
Child
Child, Preschool
Datasets as Topic
Demographics
Female
Gender
Gender Dysphoria
Gender nonconforming
Humans
Male
Medical records
Menopause
Mental health
Minority & ethnic groups
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Patients
Pediatrics
Referral and Consultation - trends
Sex hormones
Sex Reassignment Procedures - statistics & numerical data
Surgery
Transgender persons
Transgender Persons - psychology
Transgender Persons - statistics & numerical data
Transsexualism - psychology
Transsexualism - therapy
Trends
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Summary:We characterized referral trends over time at a transgender clinic within an integrated health system in Northern California. We identified the transition-related requests of pediatric transgender and gender-nonconforming patients and evaluated differences in referrals by age group. Medical records were analyzed for all patients
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2019-1368