43. Province Costs Exceeding Average

Medium Meta CTEs & Advanced Subqueries

Query Rules

The query columns and order must match the expected result schema.
NULL values should be handled appropriately where applicable.
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patients

10 cols

patient_id

INTEGER

first_name

VARCHAR(30)

last_name

VARCHAR(30)

gender

CHAR(1)

birth_date

DATE

city

VARCHAR(30)

province_id

CHAR(2)

allergies

VARCHAR(80)

height

DECIMAL(3,0)

weight

DECIMAL(4,0)

doctors

4 cols

admissions

7 cols

province_names

2 cols

Reference Solution

Expected SQL

WITH ProvinceCost AS (SELECT p.province_id, AVG(a.admission_cost) as avg_cost FROM admissions a JOIN patients p ON a.patient_id = p.patient_id GROUP BY p.province_id) SELECT province_id, avg_cost FROM ProvinceCost WHERE avg_cost > (SELECT AVG(admission_cost) FROM admissions);

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