Iola, Kansas vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  12.2% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Iola, Kansas
   Insurance cost
Iola, KSFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium97.172.7100  25.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Iola, KSFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.9102.3100  1.5%
Heart Failure106.8103.4100  3.2%
Hip Knee Replacement98.1109.4100  11.5%
Pneumonia117.9100.2100  15.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Iola, KSFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,979$23,603$23,281  1.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,160$16,613$16,237  3.2%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,716$24,227$22,499  11.6%
Pneumonia Hospital$19,834$16,851$17,007  15.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Iola, 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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