Reported health care use by sexual orientation among teens

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What The Study Did: This study of 10th graders found that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals reported more unmet medical care needs, less seeking of needed care and more difficulty communicating concerns to clinicians than non-LGB peers.

Authors: Sari L. Reisner, Sc.D., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.24647)

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