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- Title
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Completeness at US Federally Qualified Health Centers, 2020 and 2021.
- Authors
Liu, Michael; King, Dana; Mayer, Kenneth H.; Grasso, Chris; Keuroghlian, Alex S.
- Abstract
Objectives. To assess the performance of US federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) after 6 years of required sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data reporting and update estimated proportions of sexual and gender minorities cared for at FQHCs. Methods. We conducted secondary analyses of data reported to the 2020 and 2021 Uniform Data System from 1297 FQHCs caring for nearly 30 000 000 patients annually. We used multivariable logistic regression to explore FQHC-level and patient-level factors associated with SOGI data completeness. Results. SOGI data were missing for 29.1% and 24.0% of patients, respectively. Among patients with reported SOGI data, 3.5% identified as sexual minorities and 1.5% identified as gender minorities. Southern FQHCs and those caring for more low-income and Black patients were more likely to have above-average SOGI data completeness. Larger FQHCs were more likely to have below-average SOGI data completeness. Conclusions. Substantial increases in SOGI data completeness at FQHCs over 6 years reflect the success of reporting mandates. Future research is needed to identify other patient-level and FQHC-level factors contributing to residual levels of SOGI data missingness. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(8):883–892. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307323)
- Subjects
UNITED States; SEXUAL orientation; CONFIDENCE intervals; ACQUISITION of data; COMMUNITY health services; GENDER identity; PUBLIC hospitals; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DATA analysis software; LOGISTIC regression analysis; ODDS ratio; SECONDARY analysis
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2023, Vol 113, Issue 8, p883
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2023.307323