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Jan 24 2022

Vaxed and Unvaxed Case Rates, January 21

By Kevin Roche Commentary 12 Comments
An update on case rates of hospitalization and death.
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Jan 24 2022

Length of Stay Analysis Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another look at length of stay trends.
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Jan 24 2022

Analyzing Test and Case Backlogs at DOH

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An analysis of data processing lags at DOH.
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Jan 24 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 91

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Might be two sets of summaries today as we have a lot of research out there.
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Jan 22 2022

Week-Over-Week Charts, January 21

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Week-over-week charts are confounded by the ongoing DOH processing issues.
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Jan 22 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, January 21

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another year-over-year set of charts.
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Jan 22 2022

Age Structure Charts, January 21

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The age structure charts show the impact of massive testing in younger groups.
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Jan 22 2022

Younger Age Group Charts, January 21

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The supposed rise in younger age group hospitalizations is a mirage which DOH refuses to dispell, caused by incidental positive tests.
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Jan 22 2022

National Charts, January 20

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A national and regional case and death update.
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Jan 21 2022

We Are Slipping Down the K2 Bottleneck of Economic Disaster

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
A gloomy forecast for our standard of living over the next decade and likely beyond.
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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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Research

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

Headlines

Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 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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