Welcome to UDA Online!

     UDA Online is the public site for news and information related to the Urologic Diseases in America (UDA) Project, which is sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health. The goal of UDA is to increase general understanding of the burden of urologic diseases in both human and financial terms.
     Among its accomplishments, the UDA Project has created a comprehensive omnibus of information comprising the UDA Compendium. The Compendium synthesizes information from myriad national and regional sources across the public and private sectors to report on risk factors, treatment types, prevalence, and utilization trends for urologic diseases affecting men, women and children in the United States. A downloadable PDF of the Compendium's latest version is available via the "UDA Compendium" link above or by clicking here.
     Another aspect of UDA is its analytical and logistic support of collaborative research projects designed by young investigators in urologic health services research. These collaborative analyses have yielded a rich volume of published research that examines and expands on topics from the Compendium. A list of current collaborations is available via the link below or by clicking here. For a complete list of UDA publications, including links to downloadable PDFs, click on the "Publications" link above.
     The project is now in its second stage, which includes the launching of UDA Online and the Interactive UDA Compendium. Here, you can use data from any of the hundreds of tables and charts available in the printed Compendium to customize a chart or graph for your own presentation or report. Try it out by clicking on the link below!

Collaborative Analyses: RIRP 2011-2012
In March 2011, the UDA announced its second Request for Individual Research Proposals for the Urologic Diseases in America (UDA) project. Successful applicants will be designated as UDA collaborators and will receive analytic support from the UDA team to refine their hypothesis, develop their analytic methods, conduct their analyses (programming performed by RAND), interpret their findings, and provide feedback on their resulting manuscripts and abstracts.

6 proposals have been accepted for 2011 Request for Individual Research Proposals.

The complete list of RIRP collaborator projects may be found here.

UDA at the 2011 AUA
The UDA presented a total of 13 abstracts at the 2011 American Urological Association Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C.

A complete list of abstracts presented at the 2011 conference may be found here.

UDA Presentations 2010
UDA has put forward a great showing at several meetings this year. A total of 16 UDA abstracts have been accepted at four different meetings nationwide.

You may see the complete list of abstracts for 2010 conferences here.

Recent Events

UDA in the News
Findings from a recent UDA-driven publication have been highlighted in various news sources including USA today, Business Week, U.S. News and World Report, and the San Gabriel Tribune. The article, "Earlier hospice care urged for terminal prostate cancer," highlights the importance of published findings by UDA investigators on the subject of health outcomes. The article has since been picked up by other news sites including medicinenet, and healthfinder.

Another UDA-driven publication was featured in Urology Times. The article, "Shock wave lithotripsy use for kidney stones higher than ureteroscopy despite retreatment rate" discusses treatment use and quality of care for patients with kidney stones.

Collaborative Analyses
12 proposals were accepted in 2008 for individual manuscript-driven UDA analyses. These proposals are currently in various stages of publication. Results from these projects have also been accepted or presented as abstracts at the 2010 and 2011 American Urological Association (AUA) meeting, the 2010 Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology meeting, as well as meetings of the various sections of the American Urological Association, the International Continence Society & International Urogynecological Association, Academy Health, the American Society of Nephrology, the Society of Urologic Oncology, and others.

For a complete list of the 2008 RIRP collaborator projects, please click here.

BPH Proposals
18 proposals have been accepted for the BPH/LUTS Request for Proposals.

The complete list of BPH/LUTS collaborator projects may be found here.

2008 Urologic Diseases in America Symposium
February 25-26, 2008
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA.
This two-day symposium introduced attendees to the UDA findings and datasets and reviewed the pending Request for Individual Research Proposals (RIRP) targeted to outside collaborators who wish to access UDA datasets and programming support. Attendees included junior and senior investigators who have an interest in urologic epidemiology, outcomes and health services research, economics, practice patterns, technology diffusion, and quality of care.

For questions regarding UDA Online or the UDA project, email the Project Coordinator or phone at (310) 794-1570.