Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania vs. Westwood, New Jersey

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Health
  8.4% lower in Westwood, New Jersey
than in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
   Insurance cost
Wilkes-Barre, PAWestwood, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium92.369.3100  24.9%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Wilkes-Barre, PAWestwood, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack94.3105.6100  12.0%
Heart Failure98.8114.1100  15.5%
Hip Knee Replacement119.7118.3100  1.2%
Pneumonia104.5108.1100  3.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Wilkes-Barre, PAWestwood, NJU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,758$24,376$23,281  12.0%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,881$18,326$16,237  15.4%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$26,495$26,197$22,499  1.1%
Pneumonia Hospital$17,574$18,177$17,007  3.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Wilkes-Barre, PAWestwood, NJU.S. AvgDifference
2014-2015-1.7%-2.2%3.1%  29.4%
2015-201610.6%5.1%12.5%  51.9%
2016-201752.3%4.8%57.9%  90.8%
2017-201845.2%18.7%19.0%  58.6%
2018-2019-15.8%-14.8%-2.2%  6.3%
Since 2014102.5%9.0%113.3%  91.2%
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