Brookline, Massachusetts vs. Topeka, Kansas

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Health
  22.8% higher in Topeka, Kansas
than in Brookline, Massachusetts
   Insurance cost
Brookline, MATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium62.8104.2100  65.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Brookline, MATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack104.4106.8100  2.3%
Heart Failure104.3108100  3.5%
Hip Knee Replacement106.290.6100  14.7%
Pneumonia104.5108.2100  3.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Brookline, MATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,085$24,653$23,281  2.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,762$17,357$16,237  3.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,520$20,066$22,499  14.7%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,580$18,197$17,007  3.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Brookline, MATopeka, KSU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-2.6%-4.6%3.1%  76.9%
2015-2016-1.5%15.8%12.5%  1,153.3%
2016-2017-2.7%42.4%57.9%  1,670.4%
2017-201826.4%37.8%19.0%  43.2%
2018-20195.1%6.6%-2.2%  29.4%
Since 201423.9%131.0%113.3%  448.1%
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