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Figure 1 U.S. Map of Health Services

among the types of services. This suggests that, on average, this type of service incurs the highest costs. ‘Skilled Nursing Facility’ and ‘Home Health’ also have high average total payments but are noticeably lower than the top feature.

Figure 2 is useful for identifying which types of healthcare services incur the highest costs and could be a key focus area for cost management or policy decisions in FWA. The feature ‘Independent Diagnostic Testing PT A’ has the highest average total payment

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