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Dec 26 2021

Breakthrough Event Timing

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Assuming what we learned from DOH is accurate, doing case rates became a lot easier and has some surprising results.
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Dec 26 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 75

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A late arriving present of research summaries.
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Dec 25 2021

My Holiday Message

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Have a wonderful holiday, with nary a thought of epidemics, government policy or other distractions from real life.
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Dec 24 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 74

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A rare holiday treat--two sets of research summaries in one day, and a partridge in a pear tree.
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Dec 24 2021

Coronamonomania Lasts Forever, Part 73

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Christmas is coming and my present to you is a lump of coal in the form of research summaries.
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Dec 23 2021

Hospital Length of Stay

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Hospital length of stay analysis shows some kind of interesting trends.
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Dec 22 2021

Week-Over-Week Charts, December 21

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
WOW analysis confirms potential rollover.
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Dec 22 2021

Active Cases, December 21

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another attempt at rolling over looks to be in the works.
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Dec 22 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 72, Non-Moronic Version

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
A non-Moronic variant version of research summaries.
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Dec 22 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 72, Heavy on First Wave of Moronic Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
The Moronic variant has reached our shores and the research can't be far behind, and as usual we are right on top of it.
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Dec 21 2021

The Moronic Response to the Moronic Variant

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Trust me, there is no reason to panic over the Moronic strain; in fact there was never any reason to panic about anything in the epidemic.
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Dec 21 2021

Breakthrough Event Table, December 20

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another Monday drop of breakthru event data and our resulting updated table of proportions.
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Dec 21 2021

Relative Infection Rates, December 20

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Our best shot at relative risk of infection for the unvaxed, the vaxed and the prior infected.
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Dec 21 2021

Regional Charts, December 20

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Updated look at what is happening in the US regions.
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Dec 20 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 71

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Opening your holiday week with a cheery observation and some research summaries to stick in your stocking.
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025.  It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much...
June 1, 2021
The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 2025
Sometimes companies change their name, I have no idea why and it often seems goofy.  CapitalRx, which is a pharmacy benefit manager, with aspirations to be a broader technology provider...
September 25, 2025
Innovacer, a health care technology company that claims extensive use of artificial intelligence, is acquiring Story Health, which helps manage patients with chronic care conditions and who need specialty care.
September 18, 2025

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