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Oct 27 2020

Yeah, Lot of Correlation Between Lockdowns and Lower Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Lockdown stringency and deaths have a complicated relationship.
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Oct 26 2020

The State of Minnesota Is Incapable of Adapting and Using a Different Playboodk

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Another day in coronavirus briefing hell.
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Oct 26 2020

Context Is Always Good

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This isn't the first time a pathogen has caused a lot of deaths.
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Oct 26 2020

The Worst Piece of Garbage Mask “Study” Yet

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
The mask controversy has stirred up the septic tank of research, because there is no actual research supporting any benefit.
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Oct 26 2020

A Head Full of Coronvirus Research, Part 44

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Starting your week off with even more of this unending CV-19 stuff.
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Oct 25 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 43

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The weekend comes to a big bang? whimpering? close with a few research summaries.
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Oct 24 2020

Some Interesting Research on Transmission

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few papers that focus on aspects of transmission, where there is still a fair amount of uncertainty.
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Oct 24 2020

Futility, Humility and Balance

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
We need a little balance in appraising risk and taking action.
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Oct 24 2020

Oh, to Live in Sweden

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Once again, I simply must praise the Swedish handling of the epidemic, which clearly has been far superior to that of other countries.
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Oct 23 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 42

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another set of research summaries for your gloomy, at least in Minnesota, fall day.
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Oct 23 2020

An Update on Cohort-Based Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
This has been updated and corrected. It takes a lot of work to identify rates of outcomes for a given cohort of cases and to track trends in those rates…
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Oct 22 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 41

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
One more smorgasbord of CV-19 research, can't really say it is tasty.
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Oct 22 2020

The CV-19 Death Reporting Process

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An explanation of the death certificate process.
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Oct 22 2020

Some Morning Reflections

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A brief reflection on epidemic status and a data clarity request.
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Oct 21 2020

A Few Brief Updates on Minnesota and Elsewhere

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
More carping about data quality and misleading, at best, information from the state.
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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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September 3, 2026
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About This Blog

The 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 through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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