Elk City, Kansas vs. Fountain, Colorado

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Health
  3.1% lower in Fountain, Colorado
than in Elk City, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Elk City, KSFountain, COU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium101.588.5100  12.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Elk City, KSFountain, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack100.5101.3100  0.8%
Heart Failure90.699.4100  9.7%
Hip Knee Replacement93.9103.4100  10.1%
Pneumonia88.2100.8100  14.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Elk City, KSFountain, COU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,188$23,378$23,281  0.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,563$15,979$16,237  9.7%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$20,797$22,898$22,499  10.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,835$16,956$17,007  14.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Elk City, KSFountain, COU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-4.6%12.0%3.1%  360.9%
2015-201615.8%-0.3%12.5%  101.9%
2016-201742.4%14.7%57.9%  65.3%
2017-201837.8%33.5%19.0%  11.4%
2018-20196.6%3.8%-2.2%  42.4%
Since 2014131.0%77.5%113.3%  40.8%
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