Shafter, California vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  0.2% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Shafter, California
   Insurance cost
Shafter, CAFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium8272.7100  11.3%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Shafter, CAFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack103.9102.3100  1.5%
Heart Failure101.8103.4100  1.6%
Hip Knee Replacement82109.4100  33.4%
Pneumonia100.2100.2100  0.0%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Shafter, CAFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,971$23,603$23,281  1.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,360$16,613$16,237  1.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$18,143$24,227$22,499  33.5%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,856$16,851$17,007  0.0%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Shafter, CAFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.0%-3.1%3.1%  177.5%
2015-20160.0%4.6%12.5%  ∞%
2016-20179.3%-5.7%57.9%  161.3%
2017-201826.1%29.5%19.0%  13.0%
2018-20191.2%3.8%-2.2%  216.7%
Since 201445.0%28.6%113.3%  36.4%
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