Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
PHC4 empowers Pennsylvanians through transparency, providing access to data, research, analysis, and reporting focused on the cost, utilization, and quality of health care delivery in the Commonwealth.
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PHC4 Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

PHC4 – Featured Case Study 30-Day Readmission Inpatient Shoulder (04/30/2026)
Posted on April 30, 2026
FEATURED CASE STUDY: 30-Day Readmission Following Inpatient Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Pennsylvania - A Statewide Analysis Christopher S. Hollenbeak, PhD | Professor & Department Head...

PHC4 – Publication to Support Data Literacy (04/28/2026)
Posted on April 28, 2026
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...

PHC4 – County-Level Utilization Reports (04/23/2026)
Posted on April 23, 2026
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...

PHC4 – Cancer Surgery Volume Report (04/09/2026)
Posted on April 9, 2026
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...

PHC4 – Looks to Celebrate 40 Years of Service to the Commonwealth (02/24/2026)
Posted on February 24, 2026
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 its...

PHC4 – Case Study: Disparities in Maternal Morbidity (01/29/2026)
Posted on January 29, 2026
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...

PHC4 – 40 Years of Value – Transparency in Healthcare (01/28/2026)
Posted on January 28, 2026
40 Years of Value - Transparency in Healthcare April 16, 2026 • Capitol ComplexKeystone Building, 400 North St, Harrisburg, PA 17120The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council...

PHC4 – Hospital Closures (01/27/2026)
Posted on January 27, 2026
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...

PHC4 – County-Level Utilization and Condition-Specific Reports (01/22/2026)
Posted on January 22, 2026
County-Level Reporting from PHC4 Offers Timely Data About Hospitalizations and Ambulatory/Outpatient Cases in Pennsylvania PHC4 regularly releases new County-Level...