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Central PA
Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund
PHC4 Hospital Outcomes Report:
Information to Help Pennsylvanians Become Educated
Health Care Consumers
The Trustees of the Central Pennsylvania Teamsters
Health & Welfare Fund (“Fund”) believe that it is each person’s
responsibility to become knowledgeable about his or her medical
conditions, the available treatments and the physicians and hospitals
providing treatment for these conditions. There are many sources of
information, including those that can be accessed through the
Internet. The Trustees urge you to review the information you gather
critically and carefully.
The Fund’s website offers links to a number of
websites that can offer general information. The PHC4 link will
provide you with access to reports developed by the Pennsylvania
Health Care Cost Containment Council, an independent state agency
responsible for addressing the problem of escalating health costs,
ensuring the quality of health care, and increasing access for all
citizens regardless of ability to pay. The PHC4 reports rank
hospitals and providers on the outcomes of several kinds of
procedures. The information given by these web sites is general
information and not medical advice and is not intended as a substitute
for medical care provided by a physician. In addition, no information
in the PHC4 report is intended to encourage or discourage a patient
from receiving services from any particular physician or hospital.
Because of that, the Trustees and the Fund assume no responsibility
for any decision you may make arising out of the use, misuse,
interpretation or application of any information or other material
provided on this site.
www.phc4.org
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