Article: LifePoint Hospitals Reports 68.8% and 66.7% Increase in EPS for Fourth Quarter and Year, Respectively.

Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers

BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 4, 2002

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPNT)

Fourth Quarter Highlights:

 
-- Continuing strong financial performance: 
 
-- Quarterly EPS of $0.27 compared with $0.16 in the prior year 
 
-- EBITDA margin increased to 21.5%, a 60bp increase over prior year 
 
-- Increase in same-hospital revenues of 8.7% 
 
-- Increase in same-hospital EBITDA of 13.7% 
 
-- Increase in same-hospital admissions of 3.6% 
 
-- Increase in same-hospital equivalent admissions of 4.6% 
 
-- Completed acquisitions of 116-bed Ville Platte Medical Center and 118-bed 
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