Cost-effectiveness of cholecystectomy compared to conservative management in people presenting with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones or cholecystitis in India

References

• Shaffer EA. Epidemiology and risk factors for gallstone disease: has the paradigm changed in the 21st century? Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2005;7(2):132–140.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Dhamnetiya D, Goel MK, Dhiman B, et al. Gallstone disease and its correlates among patients attending teaching hospital of North India. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019;8(1):189–193.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Unisa S, Jagannath P, Dhir V, et al. Population-based study to estimate prevalence and determine risk factors of gallbladder diseases in the rural Gangetic basin of North India. HPB (Oxford). 2011;13(2):117–125.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bhasin SK, Roy R, Agrawal S, et al. An epidemiological study of major surgical procedures in an urban population of East Delhi. Indian J Surg. 2011;73(2):131–135.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Prasad A, Sinha A. Standard treatment guidelines-cholecystectomy. New Delhi: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. 2017 [cited 2021 Aug 21]. http://clinicalestablishments.gov.in/WriteReadData/6191.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Portincasa P, Di Ciaula A, Wang HH, et al. Medicinal treatments of cholesterol gallstones: old, current and new perspectives. Curr Med Chem. 2009;16(12):1531–1542.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kapoor VK, Pottakkat B, Jhawar S, et al. Costs of management of bile duct injuries. Trop Gastroenterol. 2011;32(2):117–121.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Loozen CS, Oor JE, van Ramshorst B, et al. Conservative treatment of acute cholecystitis: a systematic review and pooled analysis. Surg Endosc. 2017;31(2):504–515.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brazzelli M, Cruickshank M, Kilonzo M, et al. Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cholecystectomy compared with observation/conservative management for preventing recurrent symptoms and complications in adults presenting with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones or cholecystitis: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technol Assess. 2014;18:1–101, v–vi.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Parmar AD, Coutin MD, Vargas GM, et al. Cost-effectiveness of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus observation in older patients presenting with mild biliary disease. J Gastrointest Surg. 2014;18(9):1616–1622.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• de Mestral C. Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today: early cholecystectomy is cost-effective in symptomatic cholelithiasis requiring hospitalization. Evid Based Med. 2017;22(6):221.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Johner A, Raymakers A, Wiseman SM. Cost utility of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. Surg Endosc. 2013;27(1):256–262.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kerwat D, Zargaran A, Bharamgoudar R, et al. Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy is more cost-effective than delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the treatment of acute cholecystitis. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2018;Vol. 10:119–125.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morris S, Gurusamy KS, Patel N, et al. Cost-effectiveness of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for mild acute gallstone pancreatitis. Br J Surg. 2014;101(7):828–835.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Macafee DA, Humes DJ, Bouliotis G, et al. Prospective randomized trial using cost–utility analysis of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute gallbladder disease. Br J Surg. 2009;96(9):1031–1040.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dhar SC, Ansari S, Saha M, et al. Gallstone disease in a rural Bangladeshi community. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2001;20(6):223–226.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Bagepally BS, Haridoss M, Sasidharan A, et al. Systematic review and meta-analysis of gallstone disease treatment outcomes in early cholecystectomy versus conservative management/delayed cholecystectomy. BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2021;8(1):e000675.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• The World Bank. [cited 2021 Aug 2]. https://data.worldbank.org/country/india
   Google Scholar
• World Economic Outlook. 2020 [cited 2021 Sept 15]. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO
   Google Scholar
• van Dijk AH, Wennmacker SZ, de Reuver PR, et al. Restrictive strategy versus usual care for cholecystectomy in patients with gallstones and abdominal pain (SECURE): a multicentre, randomised, parallel-arm, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2019;393(10188):2322–2330.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schmidt M, Sondenaa K, Vetrhus M, et al. Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of observation versus surgery for acute cholecystitis: non-operative management is an option in some patients. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2011;46:1257–1262.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schmidt M, Sondenaa K, Vetrhus M, et al. A randomized controlled study of uncomplicated gallstone disease with a 14-year follow-up showed that operation was the preferred treatment. Dig Surg. 2011;28(4):270–276.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• PMJAY, Health Benefit Package - 2.0. [cited 2021 Sept 10]. https://pmjay.gov.in/sites/default/files/2019-09/HBP%202.0%20for%20website.pdf.
   Google Scholar
• Central Government Health Scheme, M.o.H.F.W, Government of India. [cited 2021 Aug 22] https://cghschennai.tn.nic.in/rate%20list%20chennai.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, M.o.H.F.W, Government of India. [cited 2021 Sept 12] http://pmssy-mohfw.nic.in/index.php.
   Google Scholar
• CMHIS (Tamilnadu), Chief ministers Health insurance scheme (Tamilnadu). [cited 2021 Aug 28]. https://www.cmchistn.com/prate.php?category=SURGICAL%20GASTRO%20ENTEROLOGY.
   Google Scholar
• CGHS HYDERABAD. [cited 2021 Sept 3]. https://dme.ap.nic.in/ma/cghs.html
   Google Scholar
• Bhargava GS, Singh H, Singh J. Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis: safety and advantages. Int Surg J. 2016;3:2217–2220.
   Google Scholar
• National Health System Cost Database for India. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. [cited 2021 Aug 18]. Available from: https://www.healtheconomics.pgisph.in/costing_web/.
   Google Scholar
• Deborah YA, Haridoss M, Natarajan M, et al. Health-related quality of life among patients with gallstone disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of EQ-5D utility scores. Qual Life Res. 2022;31(8):2259–2266.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chandramouli. Census of India 2011. Provisional Population Totals. New Delhi: Government of India; 2011. p. 409–413.
   Google Scholar
• Angelico F, Del Ben M, Barbato A, et al. Ten-year incidence and natural history of gallstone disease in a rural population of women in central Italy. The Rome Group for the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cholelithiasis (GREPCO) Ital JGastroenterol Hepatol . . 1997;29(3): 249–254
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Satheesha NB, Soumya KV. A South Indian cadaveric study on the prevalence of gallstones. Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ). 2020;18(4):340–343.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar