Total First-Year Costs of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Managed Care Setting

Abstract

These managed-care patients with newly onset ACS incurred substantial costs in the 12 months following initial presentation. Revascularization was a common therapeutic intervention for these patients. There appear to be opportunities to improve medication therapy after an acute ACS event. There were some demographic and health characteristics that were different in these commercially insured patients from those in 2 large clinical trials.