Healthcare utilisation of patients with cholecystolithiasis in primary care: a multipractice comparative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine general practitioners' (GP) management of cholecystolithiasis and to evaluate persisting abdominal complaints in the years after the diagnosis.

Design

Retrospective analysis of registry data and a subset of individual medical records.

Setting

Seventeen primary care practices affiliated with the Radboudumc Practice Based Research Network in the Netherlands.

Participants

633 patients with cholecystolithiasis diagnosed between 2012 and 2016.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome of this study was the healthcare utilisation of patients with cholecystolithiasis diagnosed by the GP in terms of referrals to secondary care, laboratory diagnostics, prescribed medication and the prevalence of concomitant abdominal-related

SUBMITTER: Thunnissen FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8572399 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature