“Bagging” oncology treatments saves money for payers but increases cost for patients
That is the finding from a Shih et al. (2023). Their first finding is that white bagging and brown bagging are not yet that common, with the exception of supportive care. However use of “bagging” does save money…for payers at least. Adjusted mean insurance payments PPPM [per patient per month] were statistically significantly lower for…