The company lowered the top end of its projected range for 2010 earnings, sending shares lower in after-hours trading.
Hospital admissions also increased, with UHS reporting an increase of 1.9 percent at acute-care hospitals and 3.1 percent at behavior health hospitals.
Read the UHS release on Universal Health’s third quarter financial results.
Read about other healthcare company’s finances:
–Kaiser Permanente’s First-Quarter Profits Up; Earnings from Operations Down
–Tenet Reports First Quarter 2010 Earnings
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