HCA Healthcare beats first quarter profit helped by higher patient admissions

Tenet Healthcare

26/04/2024 12:36

April 26 (Reuters) - HCA Healthcare  HCA.N  on Friday
beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit, helped by
higher patient admissions due to demand for healthcare services.
    The largest for-profit hospital operator in the United
States reported an adjusted profit of $5.36 per share for the
quarter. Analysts on average had expected a profit of $5.01 per
share, according to LSEG data.

 (Reporting by Sriparna Roy and Sneha S K in Bengaluru; Editing
by Maju Samuel)
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