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Oct 26 2020

A Head Full of Coronvirus Research, Part 44

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Starting your week off with even more of this unending CV-19 stuff.
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Oct 25 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 43

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The weekend comes to a big bang? whimpering? close with a few research summaries.
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Oct 24 2020

Some Interesting Research on Transmission

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A few papers that focus on aspects of transmission, where there is still a fair amount of uncertainty.
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Oct 24 2020

Futility, Humility and Balance

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
We need a little balance in appraising risk and taking action.
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Oct 24 2020

Oh, to Live in Sweden

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Once again, I simply must praise the Swedish handling of the epidemic, which clearly has been far superior to that of other countries.
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Oct 23 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 42

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another set of research summaries for your gloomy, at least in Minnesota, fall day.
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Oct 23 2020

An Update on Cohort-Based Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
This has been updated and corrected. It takes a lot of work to identify rates of outcomes for a given cohort of cases and to track trends in those rates…
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Oct 22 2020

A Head Full of Coronavirus Research, Part 41

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
One more smorgasbord of CV-19 research, can't really say it is tasty.
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Oct 22 2020

The CV-19 Death Reporting Process

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An explanation of the death certificate process.
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Oct 22 2020

Some Morning Reflections

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A brief reflection on epidemic status and a data clarity request.
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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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Hinge Health, which manages care for musculoskeletal and migraine conditions, opens the door to gastrointestinal care with a $105 million acquisition of Cylinder Health, which focuses on managing meds and...
August 5, 2026
If you are a health care company, you too can raise astronomical sums of capital if you claim to be part of the AI wave.  Function Health demonstrates by raising...
August 3, 2026
Included Health wants no one to feel left out, so it is buying Firefly Health, which is attracted to the light of all that money.  Included Health is yet another...
July 29, 2026
Telehealth is still going strong and whenever possible the companies in the field talk about AI.  Doctronic has an “AI Doctor” which you can visit and it is acquiring Summer...
July 29, 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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