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Fort Dodge, Iowa vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  32.0% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Fort Dodge, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Fort Dodge, IAFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.272.7100  53.8%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fort Dodge, IAFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.6102.3100  4.0%
Heart Failure104103.4100  0.6%
Hip Knee Replacement105.2109.4100  4.0%
Pneumonia92.6100.2100  8.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fort Dodge, IAFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,606$23,603$23,281  4.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,714$16,613$16,237  0.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,289$24,227$22,499  4.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,570$16,851$17,007  8.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fort Dodge, IAFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%-3.1%3.1%  166.0%
2015-201613.2%4.6%12.5%  65.2%
2016-201726.3%-5.7%57.9%  121.7%
2017-201888.1%29.5%19.0%  66.5%
2018-20196.9%3.8%-2.2%  44.9%
Since 2014201.2%28.6%113.3%  85.8%
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