Tempe, Arizona vs. Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Health
  3.9% lower in Fort Smith, Arkansas
than in Tempe, Arizona
   Insurance cost
Tempe, AZFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium81.872.7100  11.1%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Tempe, AZFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack102.8102.3100  0.5%
Heart Failure109.4103.4100  5.5%
Hip Knee Replacement96109.4100  14.0%
Pneumonia108.6100.2100  7.7%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Tempe, AZFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$23,713$23,603$23,281  0.5%
Heart Failure Hospital$17,576$16,613$16,237  5.5%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,252$24,227$22,499  14.0%
Pneumonia Hospital$18,264$16,851$17,007  7.7%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Tempe, AZFort Smith, ARU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-3.0%-3.1%3.1%  3.3%
2015-201621.9%4.6%12.5%  79.0%
2016-2017115.5%-5.7%57.9%  104.9%
2017-20180.2%29.5%19.0%  14,650.0%
2018-2019-8.7%3.8%-2.2%  143.7%
Since 2014133.2%28.6%113.3%  78.5%
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