Abstract
Introduction: The recommended therapy for mild gallstone pancreatitis is cholecystectomy on initial hospitalization. Methods: We used the 5% national Medicare sample Research File from 1996-2005 to identify people 66 years or older who required a first hospitalization for gallstone pancreatitis. We evaluated cholecystectomy rates on initial hospitalization and Kaplan-Meier gallstone-related 2-year readmission rates in patients who did and did not undergo cholecystectomy. We determined the factors that independently predicted cholecystectomy on initial hospitalization, gallstone-related readmission, and 2-year mortality.
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