Fort Lauderdale, Florida vs. Columbia, Maryland

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Health
  4.8% lower in Columbia, Maryland
than in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
   Insurance cost
Fort Lauderdale, FLColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium8580.4100  5.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Fort Lauderdale, FLColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack106.8108.4100  1.5%
Heart Failure110.999.5100  10.3%
Hip Knee Replacement110104100  5.5%
Pneumonia106.799.3100  6.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Fort Lauderdale, FLColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$24,645$25,017$23,281  1.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,813$15,988$16,237  10.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,355$23,023$22,499  5.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,949$16,698$17,007  7.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Fort Lauderdale, FLColumbia, MDU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20156.0%15.9%3.1%  165.0%
2015-20161.8%-0.4%12.5%  122.2%
2016-201715.3%25.2%57.9%  64.7%
2017-201840.8%53.1%19.0%  30.1%
2018-20192.4%-14.0%-2.2%  683.3%
Since 201479.3%90.5%113.3%  14.1%
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