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Population Research and Policy Review (2024) 43:55
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-024-09898-z
Abstract
Not all U.S. populations have equal access to a primary care provider (PCP). This
study presents one of the rst population-based evidence of inequities in access
to PCPs at the intersection of race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender. We
analyzed pooled data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System from
2016 to 2021 across 42 states and 1 territory in the United States. The nal sample
encompassed 1,142,344 respondents aged 18 and older. Logistic regression models,
stratied by gender spectrum, were estimated to compare predicted probabilities
of having a PCP across 20 sexual and racial/ethnic identity groups. Among those
on the feminine spectrum, most sexual minorities of color exhibited lower rates of
having a PCP compared to heterosexual White individuals. Even when sociodemo-
graphic and health factors were accounted for, PCP access disadvantages remained
signicant in some groups of Native and Hispanic sexual minorities. Among sex-
ual minorities of color on the masculine spectrum, inequities were less prominent,
and sociodemographic and health factors nearly explained all their disadvantages.
Sexual orientation, gender, and race/ethnicity intersect to shape the access to PCPs.
Future research, policy designs, and clinical practices should adopt an intersectional
approach to achieve a better understanding of healthcare inequities and to reduce
inequities.
Keywords Inequity · Healthcare · Intersectionality · Primary care
Received: 29 November 2023 / Accepted: 22 June 2024 / Published online: 5 July 2024
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Unequal Access to Primary Care Providers at the
Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, and
Gender
NingHsieh1· DeirdreShires1· HuiLiu2· SamSaord3· Kryssia J.Campos4
Ning Hsieh
hsiehnin@msu.edu
1 Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, 509 East Circle Drive, 317 Berkey
Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1111, USA
2 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
3 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
4 Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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