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Jul 08 2021

New-fangled Cohort Analysis

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A cohort analysis using Minnesota's new date of death reporting.
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Jul 08 2021

Age-Adjusted Deaths By State

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An update on age-adjusted state CV-19 death rates.
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Jul 08 2021

LTC/non-LTC Deaths, July 8

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An updated look at LTC deaths.
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Jul 08 2021

Hospital Bed Use, July 8

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospital bed use for CV-19 patients is also plummeting.
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Jul 06 2021

Minnesota Finally Changes Its Death Reporting

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Minnesota slips in a change in death reporting to date of death.
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Jul 05 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 88

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Post-holiday blahs can be lifted by a healthy dose of CV-19 research. Ha-ha.
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Jul 04 2021

Celebrate Our Country and History on the Fourth

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
This country has been an exceptional beacon of freedom and opportunity for all people around the world.
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Jul 02 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 87

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A holiday treat of more research summaries, mixed with a couple of observations on our fearful leaders.
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Jul 01 2021

Yes, of Course Masks Cause No Problems for Children

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A randomized control, peer-reviewed study in JAMA finds that carbon dioxide levels in children's masks are far above those considered safe.
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Jun 30 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 86

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A lot of interesting research in the last couple of days, take a couple of posts to catch up.
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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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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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