UHS fundamentals

Universal Health Services, Inc. engages in providing hospital and healthcare services. It operates through the following segments: Acute Care Hospital Services, Behavioral Health Care Services, and Other. The Acute Care Hospital Services segment includes hospitals, freestanding emergency departments, and ambulatory centers. The Behavioral Health Care Services segment offers treatment programs for depression, anxiety, psychotic diagnoses, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and neurorehabilitation. The Other segment consists of centralized services such as information technology, purchasing, reimbursement, accounting and finance, taxation, legal, advertising, and design and construction. The company was founded by Alan B. Miller in 1979 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.