Optimizing cohort criteria for multi-country analysis of women experiencing menopause in administrative databases

Large electronic datasets do not always correctly identify women (defined as individuals whose sex assigned at birth was female, although we acknowledge that biological sex does not always correlate with gender identity) experiencing menopause or their symptoms, making it challenging to generate robust evidence on the burden of menopause. This study aimed to construct and characterize cohorts of women experiencing menopause to explore differences in their identification based on the cohort crite