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Shreveport, Louisiana vs. West Des Moines, Iowa

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Health
  25.7% higher in West Des Moines, Iowa
than in Shreveport, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Shreveport, LAWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium82.3137100  66.5%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Shreveport, LAWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack92.794.1100  1.5%
Heart Failure103.195.8100  7.1%
Hip Knee Replacement106.688.5100  17.0%
Pneumonia10094.7100  5.3%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Shreveport, LAWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,390$21,724$23,281  1.6%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,568$15,395$16,237  7.1%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,593$19,585$22,499  17.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,810$15,918$17,007  5.3%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Shreveport, LAWest Des Moines, IAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%4.7%3.1%  14.5%
2015-20168.6%13.2%12.5%  53.5%
2016-201717.0%26.3%57.9%  54.7%
2017-201814.8%88.1%19.0%  495.3%
2018-2019-4.2%6.9%-2.2%  264.3%
Since 201447.4%201.2%113.3%  324.5%
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