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 University
Christoper S. Hollenbeak, PhD, Professor and Department Head of Health Policy and Administration at Pennsylvania State University, and colleagues conducted a statewide analysis using data from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) and authored a study, 30-Day Readmission Following Inpatient Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Pennsylvania. Dr. Hollenbeak expressed, “The PHC4 data allowed us to build a large, statewide cohort, track readmissions to any Pennsylvania hospital, and control for key covariates like demographics, comorbidities, and discharge destination. For researchers studying hospital utilization, readmissions, costs, or disparities in Pennsylvania, PHC4 is an invaluable resource. It is one of the few state-level datasets that captures all-payer, all-hospital admissions and allows readmission tracking across facilities. We particularly recommend it for research involving hospital quality and outcomes research in surgery.”