Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome patient is associated with subsequent increased risks of outpatient visits and hospitalizations: A population-based study

• Kun-Lin Hsieh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hung-Yen Chin,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Tsia-Shu Lo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Linkou, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

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• Cheng-Yu Long,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chung-Han Ho,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5925-8477

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• Steven Kuan-Hua Huang,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yao-Chi Chuang,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ming-Ping Wu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mpwu@mail.chimei.org.tw

  Affiliations Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

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