Equity Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Equity Investments [Abstract]

EQUITY INVESTMENTS

10. EQUITY INVESTMENTS

As of March 31, 2012, the Company owned equity interests of 27.5% in four hospitals in Las Vegas, Nevada, and 26.1% in one hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, in which Universal Health Systems, Inc. owns the majority interest, and an equity interest of 38.0% in three hospitals in Macon, Georgia, in which HCA Inc. owns the majority interest.

Summarized combined financial information for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, for these unconsolidated entities in which the Company owns an equity interest is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31
	2012		2011
Revenues	$	317,317	$	320,840
Operating costs and expenses	$	277,256	$	266,236
Income from continuing operations before taxes	$	40,035	$	54,584

The summarized financial information for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 was derived from the unaudited financial information provided to the Company by those unconsolidated entities.

The Company’s investment in all of its unconsolidated affiliates was $431.9 million and $422.2 million at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, and is included in other assets, net in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Included in the Company’s results of operations is the Company’s equity in pre-tax earnings from all of its investments in unconsolidated affiliates, which was $12.0 million and $18.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.