Have any studies been done to determine the care given to menopausal woman vs. younger reproductive women?

Ginger G asked: Menopausal and perimenopausal women often times suffer from the list of 37.. or more.. health concerns that occur as their hormones are changing. Many doctors take a dim view of taking these women’s complaints seriously, or even consider them at all; or they toss them a script for hormone replacement therapy. [...]