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 – County-Level Health Care Reports (8/21/2025)
Posted on August 21, 2025
PHC4 publicly released new County-Level Condition-Specific and County-Level Utilization reports, giving stakeholders in Pennsylvania valuable insight into...
PHC4 – Annual Report 2024 (8/7/2025)
Posted on August 7, 2025
Annual Report 2024The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) has published the 2024 Annual Report, providing a recap of the work PHC4 has supported throughout the year. Learn...
PHC4 – Cardiac Procedures Report 2022-2023 (7/24/2025)
Posted on July 24, 2025
The Cardiac Procedures Report released by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) examines the performance of Pennsylvania acute care hospitals for six types of cardiac...
PHC4 – Financial Analysis Fiscal Year 2024 (7/17/2025)
Posted on July 17, 2025
PHC4 releases Financial Analysis – Volume One, today. The first volume of a three-part series of financial reports published annually by PHC4. Volume One displays financial information from...
PHC4 – New Data Available (7/2/2025)
Posted on July 2, 2025
PHC4 Offers Custom and Standard Data Files to Help You Collect and Analyze the Data You Need The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) has released quarter four 2024 data. This...
PHC4 – Asthma Hospitalizations in Pennsylvania (5/15/2025)
Posted on May 15, 2025
This research brief focuses on hospitalizations for Pennsylvania residents (all ages) who were admitted to a Pennsylvania acute care hospital with a diagnosis of asthma. Trends are shown for federal...
PHC4 – Cancer Surgery Volume 2024 (3/27/2025)
Posted on March 27, 2025
This report provides information about the number of cancer-related surgeries performed at Pennsylvania hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Surgical volume is reported for eleven types of...