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2379230

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
Over 500,000 cholecystectomies are performed each year in the United States. The procedure has its risks (mortality is 1.2% in the general population and 3% in patients aged 75 years or over) and it is expensive: the average direct cost of each cholecystectomy is about $10,000, for a national total of $5 billion annually. An alternative to surgery is to dissolve the stone with ursodiol, a naturally occurring bile acid, which has been successfully used for cholesterol gallstones with a diameter less than 20 mm. A computer model was developed to compare the costs of surgery for gallstones and treatment with ursodiol. In a hypothetical health maintenance organization with one million enrollees, use of ursodiol treatment rather than cholecystectomy would result in cumulative savings of $8.5 million after one year, $30.7 million after five years, and $57.8 million after ten years.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0149-2918
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
250-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
A computer model for evaluating the costs of cholecystectomy or ursodiol treatment in the management of cholelithiasis.
pubmed:affiliation
PharmaServe, Glen Oaks, New York.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article