Brookdale Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 20...(elve months ended December 31 200...),Health

months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Operating Data

The same store data, which includes, in both cases, the effect of the historical results of the ARC facilities for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 (in thousands) is presented below:

Three months ended December 31,

2007 2006 % Change

Revenue $375,147 $349,609 7.3%

Operating Expense(1) 246,541 225,073 9.5%

Facility Operating Income $128,606 $124,535 3.3%

Facility Operating Margin 34.3% 35.6% -1.3%

# Locations 425 425

Avg. Occupancy 90.8% 91.1% -0.3%

Avg. Mo. Revenue/unit $3,681 $3,419 7.7%

Twelve months ended December 31,

2007 2006 % Change

Revenue $1,469,354 $1,374,912 6.9%

Operating Expense(1) 934,032 877,158 6.5%

Facility Operating Income $535,322 $497,754 7.5%

Facility Operating Margin 36.4% 36.2% 0.2%

# Locations 425 425

Avg. Occupancy 90.9% 90.9% 0.0%

Avg. Mo. Revenue/unit $3,600 $3,369 6.9%

(1) Includes $7.0 million of charges to facility operating expenses in the

quarter ended December 31, 2007, which relates to the Company's desire

to conform its policies across all of its platforms including $5.9

million of estimated uncollectible accounts and $1.1 million of

accounting conformity adjustments pertaining to inventor
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