News for Immediate Release
August 21, 2025
Harrisburg – PHC4 publicly released new County-Level Condition-Specific and County-Level Utilization reports today, giving stakeholders in Pennsylvania valuable insight into ambulatory/outpatient usage and hospitalization rates of high interest conditions, using the most recent data available.
PHC4’s County-Level Condition-Specific Reports display data from Pennsylvania general acute care hospitals and focus on several high interest conditions displaying county-specific rates of hospitalization for Pennsylvania residents. This information reflects data from calendar year 2024, January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
PHC4’s County-Level Utilization Reports are updated every quarter and show the overall total number of inpatient hospitalizations and ambulatory/outpatient cases for Pennsylvania residents. These results are displayed by patient age, sex, and payer. The newly released County-Level Utilization Reports reflect data from Q4 of 2024.
In alignment with its mission to empower Pennsylvanians through transparent reporting, PHC4 offers fact-based information to support those charged with the provision and oversight of health care resources. “This type of utilization reporting can be an effective tool for improving patient care, managing costs, and supporting strategic policy decisions in the health care system” said Barry D. Buckingham, PHC4’s Executive Director.
PHC4 is an independent council formed under Pennsylvania statute (Act 89 of 1986, as amended by Act 15 of 2020) in order to address rapidly growing health care costs. PHC4 continues to produce comparative information about the most efficient and effective health care to individual consumers and group purchasers of health services. In addition, PHC4 produces information used to identify opportunities to contain costs and improve the quality of care delivered. For more information, visit phc4.org or review the reports here.
Media contact:
Barry D. Buckingham, Executive Director, PHC4
