Acupuncture for Menopause Depression: Korean Cohort Found No QALY Gain
A 2026 Korean claims analysis of 32,941 women with menopausal disorders found that traditional Korean medicine without recorded acupuncture claims had the lowest 3-year cost and the highest mean quality-adjusted life-year estimate, while acupuncture-inclusive or Western-medicine-inclusive strategies cost more and produced slightly lower QALYs. Research Highlights Lowest-cost group also had the highest QALYs: traditional Korean …