Category: PHC4 Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

FEATURED CASE STUDY: 30-Day Readmission Following Inpatient Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Pennsylvania - A Statewide Analysis Christopher S. Hollenbeak, PhD | Professor & Department Head Health Policy & Administration | Pennsylvania State...

PHC4 Publication Aims to Support Data Literacy Across the Commonwealth  The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) is taking the next step in supporting stakeholders with the publication of...

New Date from PHC4, Quarterly Utilizations Reports Displaying Rates, at a County-Level  The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) released a new set of County-Level Utilization Reports today, displaying the total number of ambulatory/outpatient cases and inpatient hospitalizations for Pennsylvania...

PHC4 Publishes New Cancer Surgery Report Aimed at Empowering Patients with Fact-Based Health Care Data  PHC4’s new Cancer Surgery Volume Report, provides information about the number of cancer-related surgeries performed at each...

PHC4 Looks to Celebrate 40 Years of Service to the Commonwealth PHC4 celebrates 40 years of producing transparent, fact-based health care reporting this year and seeks to define the value of...

Neighborhood Opportunity & Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Morbidity Irene Headen, PhD, MS, is a Professor of Black Health at the Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public...

40 Years of Value - Transparency in Healthcare April 16, 2026 • Capitol Complex Keystone Building, 400 North St, Harrisburg, PA 17120 The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)...

PHC4 Publishes Article Aimed to Inform Stakeholders on Hospital Closures in Pennsylvania A new article, Hospital Closures, published today as part of PHC4’s Current Events series, details the closing of two Pennsylvania hospitals, serving as...

County-Level Reporting from PHC4 Offers Timely Data About Hospitalizations and Ambulatory/Outpatient Cases in Pennsylvania PHC4 regularly releases new County-Level Utilization and Condition-Specific Reports using the timeliest data available in an effort to provide insight into...

PHC4's Newest Report Unfolds the Finances of Hospitals in Rural PA PHC4’s Financial Analysis 2024 – Rural Hospitals report, released today, displays information specific to Pennsylvania general acute care (GAC) hospitals located in rural counties. Supplementary to PHC4’s Financial Analysis, this is the second...