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The Shape of Health Costs

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Exploring the financial impact of major health conditions

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Claims analysed

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8,102 cancer · 9,534 heart

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Cost of care

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total billed

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Conditions

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Cancer + Heart editions

Saurabh Arora

Ganapathi Ramanathan

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Two editions. Twenty-odd charts. One grammar.

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The person

Meera

Breast cancer · 39 · 28.4 months of treatment

The journey · 28 months

Month 1–2

Diagnosis & start

2 months

Month 3–23

Active treatment

21 months

Month 24–27

Continued care

4 months

Month 28

Completion

1 month

The cost

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Chemotherapy₹5.05L

Hospitalisation₹3.90L

Consultations₹2.49L

3 heads · 28 months

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2,446 journeys like theirs.

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27× — typical to extreme

top 5%

Half of all population health spending sits on 5% of the sickest.

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Fine — don't show everything. Report the mean ± the spread.

the spread ± 1 SD —

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Don't summarize the tail. Show it.

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Below medianAbove median — the costly tail

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Arjun's journey cost 40× Riya's. Nothing in the claims feed says why.

Five signals · per patient

25%Claims raised

25%Hospital admissions

25%Total cost

15%Treatment duration

10%Variety of procedures

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intensity score · 0–100

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Four tiers

TIL I

TIL II

TIL III

TIL IV

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Next up: how do we make the charts legible?

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Edward TufteThe Visual Display of Quantitative Information · 1983

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Principle 1 “Graphical excellence gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas, in the shortest time, with the least ink, in the smallest space.” — Edward Tufte · 1983

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Principle 2 “Words and pictures belong together.” — Edward Tufte · 1983

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Principle 3 “Above all else, show the data.” — Edward Tufte · 1983

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Every chart simplifies reality. The best ones carry complexity with care.

datalabs.plumhq.comboth editions, open · come argue with the charts

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