Case Studies
Researchers, doctors, health care workers, government agencies and more use our data every day to help improve the lives of patients and the quality of health care facilities provide. Read these case studies to see how our data is making a difference.
Featured Case Studies
An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of the Cardiovascular Health Benefits of a Coal Coking Operation Closure
Dr. Wuyue Yu, postdoctoral fellow at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, and Professor George D. Thurston, ScD of Medicine and Population Health at the same university, conducted a study entitled, An interrupted time series analysis of the cardiovascular health benefits of a coal coking operation closure. In this work, they applied inpatient discharge data from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) and emergency department data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Social Ecological Contexts of Opioid Overdose and Hospitalizations in Pennsylvania
Dr. Jessica Frankeberger, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Pediatrics and Center for Better Beginnings at the University of California San Diego and Dr. Christina Mair, associate professor from the University of Pittsburgh, studied the Social Ecological Contexts of Opioid Overdose and Hospitalizations in Pennsylvania using Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment
(PHC4) data combined with community data from other sources.
Effects of the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model on Potentially Avoidable Utilization
Donald Bourne, MPH, MD-PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health used data from PHC4 for his research dissertation study entitled, “Early Impacts of the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model on Potentially Avoidable Utilization.”
Recent Case Studies
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