"Gaps in treatment can be used to inform healthcare providers about menopausal HT prescribing disparities, with the goal of improving equitable and advanced patient care among disadvantaged populations."
The prescribing, counseling, and use of hormone therapy to treat menopausal symptoms is substantially more common among white women than among Black women, according to a literature review.
The transition to menopause is confounding for women who contend with dozens of symptoms with little medical guidance. For women of color, symptoms can start sooner, be more severe and last longer than for White women.