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Kotzebue, Alaska vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  22.6% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Kotzebue, Alaska
   Insurance cost
Kotzebue, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium138.272.7100  47.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Kotzebue, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack101.5102.3100  0.8%
Heart Failure89.3103.4100  15.8%
Hip Knee Replacement83.6109.4100  30.9%
Pneumonia85.5100.2100  17.2%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Kotzebue, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,416$23,603$23,281  0.8%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,346$16,613$16,237  15.8%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,515$24,227$22,499  30.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$14,377$16,851$17,007  17.2%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Kotzebue, AKFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-201514.6%-3.1%3.1%  121.2%
2015-201647.3%4.6%12.5%  90.3%
2016-201728.8%-5.7%57.9%  119.8%
2017-2018-21.6%29.5%19.0%  236.6%
2018-2019-3.3%3.8%-2.2%  215.2%
Since 201464.8%28.6%113.3%  55.9%
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