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Aug 19 2021

How I Know Delta Isn’t Meaningfully More Transmissible

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The evidence that Delta is not more transmissible is all around, if you just look.
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Aug 19 2021

More Evidence on Masks and Transmission in Schools

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
More data on masks and cases in schools.
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Aug 19 2021

Are We There Yet?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Trying to identify early indicators of trend changes.
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Aug 17 2021

The Mass(k) Delusion Continues

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
Most of our population has Twitter-brain and just accepts gargage passed along by the mask religionists.
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Aug 17 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 5

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
A few observations in a world gone mad and some research summaries.
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Aug 16 2021

Week-Over-Week Change in Hospitalizations, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Week-over-week percent change in hospitalizations is another way to look for trends in epidemic trajectory.
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Aug 16 2021

Regional Cases, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Regional charts allow you to both compare regions and see what is happening YOY in a particular region.
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Aug 16 2021

Week-Over-Week Percent Increase in Daily Cases, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Trying to find another way to track trajectory, the percent change in cases for a day, week over week, has promise. Here are the initial charts.
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Aug 16 2021

Active Cases, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The active case update shows the bump but also may indicate plateauing.
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Aug 16 2021

Upper Midwest Case Trends, August 12

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A great chart to see the synchronicity of the epidemic in our region.
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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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