King of Prussia, PA, April 13, 2022 — Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS), one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, has issued its 2021 Annual Report and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Profile, entitled Leading in a Changing World. The Report recaps key accomplishments for the year, highlighting the special role that healthcare plays and that our frontline healthcare workers fulfill.
During the year, UHS employees cared for over three million patients; and generated revenues of $12.6 billion, an increase of 9.4% over the prior year. Revenue growth was experienced in both of our operating segments and was particularly robust at our Acute Care hospitals where new revenues increased by 11.6% as adjusted admissions grew by 7.7%. Across our Behavioral Health facilities, on a same facility basis, net revenues grew by 5.4% during 2021, as compared to 2020, as adjusted admissions increased by 1.6%.
New to the Report this year is the expanded section on the company’s practices and achievements as related to ESG. “While UHS has always invested in environmentally favorable practices, supported and celebrated the richness of our communities and implemented appropriate governance measures, we are hereby launching a significantly larger ESG profile,” said Marc D. Miller, President & CEO, Universal Health Services. “We describe in greater detail our commitment to excellence, both on an aggregate level as articulated through metrics, and also at the anecdotal level through interesting stories.”
