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Feb 07 2022

We Are at 50% Breakthrus!!

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
We are crossing the line into breakthrough events being the majority of cases, hosps and deaths after another week of massive event reporting in the vaxed.
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Feb 07 2022

Survival and Hospital Avoidance Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Survival rates and hospital avoidance rates are kind of an inverse method of looking at case rates.
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Feb 07 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 101

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Another pathetic CDC study and a surprising number of really interesting pieces of research for this summary.
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Feb 05 2022

Year-Over-Year Charts, February 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another updated set of year-over-year charts.
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Feb 05 2022

Week-Over-Week Charts, February 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The week-over-week charts confirm the rapid plunge in cases.
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Feb 05 2022

Vaxed and Unvaxed Rates, February 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
We try to replicate the DOH's approach to calculating per capita event rates by age, an exercise which raises a lot of questions.
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Feb 05 2022

Younger Age Groups, February 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No big jump in cases or other events in younger age groups.
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Feb 05 2022

Age Structure Charts, February 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The current wave is winding down, with little blips in some age groups.
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Feb 05 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 100

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A quick shot of summaries, with more to follow later today.
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Feb 03 2022

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 99

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
As the epidemic winds down, I am hoping my CV-19 posts will as well. In the meantime, a few more research summaries.
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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...
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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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August 5, 2026
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August 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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