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Consolidated Results of Operations

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) announced today that its reported net income was $40.0 million, or $.75 per diluted share, during the fourth quarter of 2007 as compared to $34.2 million, or $.63 per diluted share, during the comparable prior year quarter. For the year ended December 31, 2007, reported net income was $170.4 million, or $3.18 per diluted share, as compared to $259.5 million, or $4.56 per diluted share, during the prior year.

As indicated on the attached Schedules of Non-GAAP Supplemental Consolidated Statements of Income Information ("Supplemental Schedules"), our income from continuing operations and net income for the three and twelve- month periods ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 include various items such as: (i) hurricane related expenses, net of recoveries, minority interests and income taxes; (ii) prior period effect of the recording or reserving of Texas Medicaid supplemental payments and cost reports settlements, net of income taxes; (iii) reserve for legal judgment and lawsuit, the write-down of the carrying-value of investment in a joint-venture and gain on sale of real property, net of income taxes; (iv) favorable income tax adjustments to reduce reserves due to the expiration of statute of limitations in various tax jurisdictions; (v) prior period effect of a favorable adjustment to reduce our professional and general liability self-insurance reserves based upon the results of a reserve analysis, net of minority interests and income taxes, and; (vi) a charge incurred during 2006 to record the aggregate present value of the future funding of a portion of a gift from our Chairman o
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