Opioids - Addressing the Crisis

Hospitalizations for Opioid Overdose, 2016 to 2021

Opioid Analysis: County-Specific Rates – FY 2019 Data

Hospitalizations for Opioid Overdose: Three-Year Review

Hospitalizations for Newborns with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome – 2018

More Opioid-related Research Briefs

Hospital Performance Report 2021 Data

This report evaluates hospital performance on 13 common medical conditions. Released annually, results are reported for the general acute care hospitals in Pennsylvania. The most recent edition also highlights statewide changes in mortality and readmission rates.

Financial Analysis

This series of reports includes statewide data and facility-specific information about the financial health of Pennsylvania’s general acute care and non-general acute care hospitals, as well as ambulatory surgery centers.

Financial Analysis 2022 - Volume One - General Acute Care Hospitals

Common Procedures Report

This report includes hospital-specific results for three commonly performed procedures in Pennsylvania’s acute care hospitals: spinal fusion, total hip replacement and total knee replacement. Risk-adjusted outcomes include complications and extended postoperative length of stay. Statewide trends are also examined.

Cancer Surgery Volume

This report shows the number of surgeries performed in Pennsylvania hospitals for 11 types of cancer—data that can help cancer patients and their families make decisions about cancer surgical care in the Commonwealth.

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

This report provides volume and risk-adjusted operative mortality data on pediatric and congenital heart surgeries performed in six children’s hospitals—five in Pennsylvania and one in Delaware—that volunteered to have their data publicly reported.

Hospital Admissions for Influenza and Associated Costs

This financial brief examines hospitalizations for influenza among Pennsylvania residents, with specific focus on older residents and children—two segments of the population at high risk of developing influenza-related complications that can result in hospitalization. County rates are included as are county-level average and total payments for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.

Breast Cancer Surgery in Pennsylvania

This brief examines the 11,717 breast cancer surgeries performed in Pennsylvania hospitals in 2017. Included are trends between 2008 and 2017, age and payer breakdowns, and surgery rates by county.

Annual Reports

This is a comprehensive report on the agency’s reporting and data activities throughout the preceding year.