Scientific Interests
Dr. Christopher Saigal's research focuses on cost-effectiveness analyses, quality of life analyses (including patient utility assessment), quality of care, costs of care and assessment of national urologic practice patterns.
Research into National Urologic Practice Patterns (Urologic Diseases in America)
This five-year, $7.9 million NIH-funded project is using secondary datasets, including those from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Centers for Disease Control, to document the burden of illness posed by the major urologic conditions on the US population. Saigal is the Principal Investigator for the data analysis portion of this project, conducted at RAND Health, and Co-PI of the overall project, administered at UCLA.
Research into Quality of Life Issues
PROST-QA is a multi-site prospective study of determinants of quality of life after definitive treatment for prostate cancer. Saigal is the PI for the UCLA site and oversees patient enrollment, data collection, and data analysis.