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Nov 14 2021

Age-adjusted Deaths, by State

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another look at age-adjusted death rates, by state.
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Nov 14 2021

Sweden, Oh Sweden

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Which country may have been smarter about how it managed the epidemic?
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Nov 14 2021

The CDC Can’t Find Something

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Public health agencies should not make claims they can't back up with actual data.
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Nov 14 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 54

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More weekend catchup research summaries.
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Nov 14 2021

Reaction to the STRIB Op-ed

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
A response to a response to my op-ed, explaining how we are limited by what data we get from the state.
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Nov 13 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 53

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A little more intensive look at some specific research reports.
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Nov 13 2021

This Week’s Minnesota Coronavirus Briefing and Some Breakthrough Thoughts

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The world is ending, but get vaccinated anyway, according to DOH, and a few thoughts on breakthrough event analysis.
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Nov 13 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 52

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
After all the breakthrough events work for the week, trying to catch up with a lot of interesting research.
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Nov 12 2021

A Little Crowdsourcing Help on Breakthroughs

By Kevin Roche Commentary 16 Comments
I am being asked for breakthrough data from other states and you can help.
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Nov 12 2021

Breakthrough Events Based on the New DOH File

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The first chart on the new DOH file shows the trend of increasing percents of events in the fully vaxed, which goes along with rising numbers of events as well.
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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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December 2, 2025
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...
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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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