Pennsylvania hospitals’ financial performance in 2018 was mixed, according to a new analysis by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.

According to PHC4,

• uncompensated care declined two percent
• total margins fell 0.05 percentage points
• operating margins declined 0.39 percentage points
• net patient revenue rose 3.9 percent
• discharges fell 1.2 percent
• inpatient days fell 0.3 percent

Learn more about the 2018 financial performance of acute-care hospitals in Pennsylvania, including data for every such hospital in the state and measures such as payer mix, in the PHC4 report Financial Analysis 2018:  General Acute Care Hospitals