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Providence, Rhode Island vs. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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Health
  17.1% higher in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
than in Providence, Rhode Island
   Insurance cost
Providence, RIWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium64.592.3100  43.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Providence, RIWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack10094.3100  5.7%
Heart Failure103.698.8100  4.6%
Hip Knee Replacement109.5119.7100  9.3%
Pneumonia102.6104.5100  1.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Providence, RIWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,079$21,758$23,281  5.7%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,649$15,881$16,237  4.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,250$26,495$22,499  9.3%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,256$17,574$17,007  1.8%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Providence, RIWilkes-Barre, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-10.2%-1.7%3.1%  83.3%
2015-20160.0%10.6%12.5%  ∞%
2016-2017-0.8%52.3%57.9%  6,637.5%
2017-201819.2%45.2%19.0%  135.4%
2018-20198.0%-15.8%-2.2%  297.5%
Since 201414.7%102.5%113.3%  597.3%
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