Full Prescription Coverage Versus Usual Prescription Coverage After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Analysis From the Post-Myocardial Infarction Free Rx Event and Economic Evaluation (FREEE) Randomized Trial

摘要

Background-Eliminating out-of-pocket costs for patients after myocardial infarction (MI) improves adherence to preventive therapies and reduces clinical events. Because adherence to medical therapy is low among patients treated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), we evaluated the impact of providing full prescription coverage to this patient subgroup.