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Health Care Costs

Health Care Costs refer to the monetary cost of various hospital services, expenditures, revenues, operating expenses or other health related expenses such as room rates, prescription drug costs and sales, insurance premiums and reimbursements rates.

Department of Health Data

Hospital Reports
A large volume of information by hospital including beds, admissions, length of stay, and occupancy rates. See Report #13.
Nursing Home Reports
A large volume of information by nursing homes including admissions, discharges, beds, and occupancy rates. See Report #2.
The Burden of Asthma in Pennsylvania
This report focuses on adult and child asthma prevalence, hospitalizations, mortality, and costs in Pennsylvania.

External Data Sources

PA Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) - See the Hospital Financial Analysis Annual Report, and the Hospital Performance Report.

National Health Expenditure Data (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

Health Costs & Budgets (Kaiser Family Foundation)