Look at the graph in the middle of the page), a portfolio consisting of 70% stocks, from March 2004 to June 2016 would have had an average annual return of 6%. According to them again, this would have outperformed a similarly-invested portfolio significantly (currently, in August 2016), by a cumulative margin of 103.7% against 60.7%.
An appendix removal can cost between $1.500 to $180,000 depending on where you take the surgery. Appendix removal is a common, straightforward operation, so you might expect charges to be similar no matter where the surgery takes place. Yet a California study found huge disparities in patients' bills â $1,500 to $180,000, with an average of $33,000.
Pressure ulcer treatment costs range from $2000 to $70,000 per wound, with the average hospital's total costs being between $400,000 and $700,000 annually. A preventable problem: Pressure ulcers can be prevented through use of relatively simple measures. In fact, national initiatives, such as the Joint Commission's 2009 National Patient Safety Goal #14,focus on preventing health care-associated pressure ulcers through use of established guidelines.