Women who would like more information about the NAFC can access their website at http://www.nafc.org or call them at 1-800-BLADDER.
This study was initiated so that Kaiser Permanente could better understand and serve women with these conditions.
Major contributions to this work were made by co-authors on the study included Emily S. Lukacz, M.D., MAS and Charles W. Nager, M.D, of UC-San Diego Medical Center and Jin-Wen Y. Hsu, Ph.D., of Kaiser Permanente's Department of Research and Evaluation.
About Kaiser Permanente's Department of Research and Evaluation
The Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation conducts high quality, innovative research that benefits the health of its members as well as in the general population. Fourteen full-time researchers with M.D.'s, Ph.D.'s or other doctoral degrees conduct research in the areas of childhood and adult diabetes, cancer, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, aging and cognition, pregnancy outcomes, and women's health and are trained in epidemiology, health services research, behavioral and social sciences, and clinical medicine. Kaiser Permanente has a very active clinical trials program.
About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is America's leading integrated health plan. Founded
in 1945, it is a not-for-profit; group practice prepayment program
headquartered in Oakland, Calif. Kaiser Permanente serves the health care
needs of nearly 8.7 million members in nine states and the District of
Columbia. Today it encompasses the not-for-profit Kaiser Foundation Health
Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospi
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