Influence of a national transgender health care directive on receipt of alcohol-related care among transgender Veteran Health Administration patients with unhealthy alcohol use.
Theresa E MatsonAlex H S HarrisJessica A ChenAmy T EdmondsMadeline C FrostAnna D RubinskyJohn R BlosnichEmily C WilliamsPublished in: Journal of substance abuse treatment (2022)
Health systems must urgently employ and evaluate policies to address structural stigma that produces and reproduces disparities in health and health care. Although VA's directive was not associated with increased receipt of alcohol-related care, that receipt of alcohol-related care among transgender patients is comparable to non-transgender patients is promising.