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Characteristics of Insurance-Covered Women Newly Diagnosed with Menopause Symptoms and Their Providers in the United States.

New research · Obstetrics & Gynecology

Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 4w

Cohort studyWomen's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.)· 2026

Characteristics of Insurance-Covered Women Newly Diagnosed with Menopause Symptoms and Their Providers in the United States.

Aidan P Sullivan, Jihaeng Heo, Ryan N Hansen … Ryan Farej

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Menopause & Hormone TherapyCohort studyQ2IF 1.4

31% of women newly diagnosed with menopause symptoms started prescription treatment.

Characteristics of Insurance-Covered Women Newly Diagnosed with Menopause Symptoms and Their Providers in the United States.

Aidan P Sullivan … Ryan Farej

Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2026 · Q2 in Obstetrics & Gynecology

Background

Over one million Americans develop menopausal symptoms annually.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study using Optum Clinformatics data between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2024.

n = 297,928 eligible female patients

Results

31%

Roughly 3 in 10 diagnosed women were dispensed a symptom medication; most received none.

n = 297,928 eligible female patients

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There were 297,928 eligible female patients initially diagnosed with symptoms during the study period, diagnosed by 95,178 unique health care providers.

Providers in the areas of family practice, internal medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology were the most common to diagnose these initial symptoms.

Most of the women (69%) did not receive medications for treatment.

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

Symptomatic perimenopause and menopause are natural reproductive phases for all women, and some treatments have been proven to cause harm.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

Women experiencing problematic vasomotor symptoms and sleep problems in perimenopause and menopause likely need treatment. We found that prescription pharmacologic treatment for symptoms was initiated in 31% of women.

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