Buildings on Wall Street Aninteresting finding: larger markets such as New York City orChicago tended to have less-concentrated markets; smaller metroareas tended to have the most-concentrated markets. (Photo:Shutterstock)

A new report from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) findsthat concentration of health care facilities is growing, along withhealth care prices, while at the same time usage levels of healthcare services have been decreasing.

The new report is available as an interactive website thatallows visitors to check the data on specific metro areas andcompare data between cities. The HCCI's "Healthy Marketplace Index" provides detailsfrom 112 metro areas in 43 states. The group's site uses data frommore than 1.8 billion health care claims of commercial health plansduring the period of 2012 to 2016.

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