Augusta, Kansas vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  11.6% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Augusta, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Augusta, KSFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium101.572.7100  28.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Augusta, KSFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.8102.3100  1.4%
Heart Failure106.2103.4100  2.6%
Hip Knee Replacement91.5109.4100  19.6%
Pneumonia97.1100.2100  3.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Augusta, KSFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,955$23,603$23,281  1.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,069$16,613$16,237  2.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,254$24,227$22,499  19.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,320$16,851$17,007  3.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Augusta, KSFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%-3.1%3.1%  32.6%
2015-201615.8%4.6%12.5%  70.9%
2016-201742.4%-5.7%57.9%  113.4%
2017-201837.8%29.5%19.0%  22.0%
2018-20196.6%3.8%-2.2%  42.4%
Since 2014131.0%28.6%113.3%  78.2%
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