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Author Schaefer, Agnes Gereben, author.

Title Assessing the implications of allowing transgender personnel to serve openly / Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Radha Iyengar, Srikanth Kadiyala, Jennifer Kavanagh, Charles C. Engel, Kayla M. Williams, Amii Kress
Published Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 91 pages) : color charts
Series Research report ; RR-1530-OSD
Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-1530-OSD.
Contents Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What are the health care needs of the transgender population? -- Chapter 3. : What is the estimated transgender population in the U.S. military? -- Chapter 4. How many transgender service members are likely to seek gender transition-related medical treatment? -- Chapter 5. What are the costs associated with extending health care coverage for gender transition-related treatments? -- Chapter 6: What are the potential readiness implications of allowing transgender service members to serve openly? -- Chapter 7. What lessons can be learned from foreign militaries that permit transgender personnel to serve openly? -- Chapter 8. : Which DoD policies would need to be changed if transgender service members are allowed to serve openly? -- Appendixes
Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction : Study Approach -- Organization of This Report -- Chapter 2. What Are the Health Care Needs of the Transgender Population?: Definitions of Key Terms and Concepts -- Health Care Needs of the Transgender Population -- Military Health System Capacity and Gender Transition--Related Treatment -- Potential Consequences of Not Providing Necessary Gender Transition--Related Care -- Chapter 3. : What Is the Estimated Transgender Population in the U.S. Military? : General Population Estimates of Transgender Prevalence -- Prevalence-Based Approach to Estimating the Number of Transgender Service Members in the U.S. Military -- Chapter 4. How Many Transgender Service Members Are Likely to Seek Gender Transition-Related Medical Treatment? -- Prevalence-Based Approach to Estimating the Number of Gender Transition-Related Treatments in the U.S. Military -- Utilization-Based Approach to Estimating the Number of Gender Transition-Related Treatments in the U.S. Military -- Summarizing the Estimates -- Chapter 5. What Are the Costs Associated with Extending Health Care Coverage for Gender Transition-Related Treatments?: Private Health Insurance Cost Estimates -- Sensitivity Analyses -- Summarizing the Estimates -- Chapter 6: What Are the Potential Readiness Implications of Allowing Transgender Service Members to Serve Openly?: Impact on Ability to Deploy -- Impact on Unit Cohesion -- Costs of Separation Requirements Related to Transgender Service Members -- Chapter 7. What Lessons Can Be Learned from Foreign Militaries That Permit Transgender Personnel to Serve Openly?: Policies on Transgender Personnel in Foreign Militaries -- Effects on Cohesion and Readiness -- Best Practices from Foreign Militaries -- Lessons Learned and Issues to Consider for U.S. Military Policy -- Chapter 8. : Which DoD Policies Would Need to Be Changed if Transgender Service Members Are Allowed to Serve Openly?: Accession Policy -- Retention Policy -- Separation Policy -- Deployment Policy -- Chapter 9. Conclusion -- APPENDIXES -- References
Summary "Recent U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) policy banned transgender personnel from serving openly in the military. Potential changes to this policy raised questions regarding access to gender transition--related health care, the range of transition-related treatments that DoD will need to provide, the potential costs associated with these treatments, and the impact of these health care needs on force readiness and the deployability of transgender service members. A RAND study identified the health care needs of the transgender population and transgender service members in particular. It also examined the costs of covering transition-related treatments, assessed the potential readiness implications of a policy change, and reviewed the experiences of foreign militaries that permit transgender personnel to serve openly"--Publisher's description
Notes "June 30, 2016"--Table of contents page
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-91)
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed July 5, 2016)
Subject Transgender military personnel -- United States
Intersex military personnel -- United States
Gay military personnel -- Government policy -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
Gay military personnel -- Government policy
Armed Forces -- Minorities
Intersex military personnel
Transgender military personnel
United States -- Armed Forces -- Minorities
United States
Form Electronic book
Author National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body, publisher.
ISBN 9780833094391
0833094394