MedCath Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings and Outlook for F...(surgical procedures (l) 8751 ...),Health

Hospital net revenue $604,896 $580,757 4.2%

Combined Operating Data (b):

Number of hospitals 10 10

Licensed beds (c) 635 635

Staffed and available beds (d) 614 618

Admissions (e) 44,249 44,858 (1.4)%

Adjusted admissions (f) 59,977 58,094 3.2%

Patient days (g) 152,070 149,321 1.8%

Adjusted patient days (h) 205,037 193,147 6.2%

Average length of stay (days) (i) 3.44 3.33 3.3%

Occupancy (j) 67.9% 66.2%

Inpatients with a catheterization

procedure (k) 22,510 23,366 (3.7)%

Inpatient surgical procedures (l) 11,653 11,715 (0.5)%

Hospital net revenue $753,887 $710,243 6.1%

(a) Selected operating data includes consolidated hospitals in operation

as of the end of the period reported in continuing operations but

does not include hospitals which are accounted for using the equity

method or as discontinued operations in our consolidated financial

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
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