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Apr 09 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 41

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Capping another week of scintillating virus research news.
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Apr 08 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 40

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A fascinating study from the CDC on death certificates and some other summaries on research topics of interest, at least to me!
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Apr 07 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 39

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another round of research summaries, with a brief introductory observation.
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Apr 06 2021

Coronamonomania Thrives in Darkness, Part 38

By Kevin Roche Commentary 13 Comments
Keeping pretty well caught up on research developments, as the epidemic appears to be waning in most parts of the world.
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Apr 05 2021

The Effect of Vaccinations in Minnesota, Part 3, Proportions

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
One last animation on vaccinations, with the percent of cases, hospitalizations and deaths tracked against vaccinations.
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Apr 05 2021

The Effect of Vaccinations in Minnesota, Part 2, Per Capita Rates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A per capita view of vaccination impacts on cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
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Apr 05 2021

The Effect of Vaccinations in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some charts over time showing the increase in vaccination rates by age group and the level of cases and hospitalizations by age group.
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Apr 04 2021

The Mysteries of Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
A few non-CV-19 observations on the wonderful world we live in.
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Apr 03 2021

LTC versus non-LTC Deaths, April 2, 2021 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
It appears that LTC deaths as a percent of all deaths are declining.
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Apr 03 2021

Hospitalizations in Minnesota, Update April 2, 2021

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospital use throughout the epidemic, both CV-19 and non-CV-19.
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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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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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