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statements. Same facility for all periods presented excludes

Harlingen Medical Center.

(b) Combined operating data includes hospitals in operation as of the end

of the period reported in continuing operations including hospitals

which are accounted for using the equity method in our consolidated

financial statements.

(c) Licensed beds represent the number of beds for which the appropriate

state agency licenses a facility regardless of whether the beds are

actually available for patient use.

(d) Staffed and available beds represent the number of beds that are

readily available for patient use at the end of the period.

(e) Admissions represent the number of patients admitted for inpatient

treatment.

(f) Adjusted admissions is a general measure of combined inpatient and

outpatient volume. We computed adjusted admissions by dividing gross

patient revenue by gross inpatient revenue and then multiplying the

quotient by admissions.

(g) Patient days represent the total number of days of care provided to

inpatients.

(h) Adjusted patient days is a general measure of combined inpatient and

outpatient volume. We computed adjusted patient days by dividing

gross patient revenue by gross inpatient revenue and then multiplying

the quotient by patient days.

(i) Average length of stay (days) represents the average number of days

inpatients stay in our hospitals.

(j) We computed occupancy by dividing patient days by the number of days

in the period and then dividing the quotient by the number of staffed

and available beds.

(k) Inpatients with a catheterization procedure represent the number of

inpatients with a procedure performed in one of the hospitals'

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