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Medical treatment available at Reading Hospital and St. Joseph Medical Center is as good as or better than any other hospital in Pennsylvania.
But the cost of that treatment is more expensive at Reading Hospital, 16 percent more expensive on average.
The Hospital Performance Report released today by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council measures the in-hospital death and readmission rate of all hospitals in the state in 2011. A readmission is defined as being admitted to the hospital within 30 days of being hospitalized for the same condition.
It also measures the average cost for treating some common medical conditions.
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