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Earnings per Share Data ("EPS") and Stock Based Compensation (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2011
Earnings per Share Data ("EPS") and Stock Based Compensation |
Schedule of Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share |
|  | Three months ended June 30, |  |  | Six months ended June 30, |
|  | (amounts in thousands) |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Basic and Diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to UHS |  | $ | 103,649 |  |  | $ | 65,572 |  |  | $ | 217,842 |  |  | $ | 137,391 |
Less: Net income attributable to unvested restricted share grants |  |  | (126 | ) |  |  | (278 | ) |  |  | (275 | ) |  |  | (593 | )
Net income attributable to UHS – basic and diluted |  | $ | 103,523 |  |  | $ | 65,294 |  |  | $ | 217,567 |  |  | $ | 136,798 |
Weighted average number of common shares - basic |  |  | 97,563 |  |  |  | 96,703 |  |  |  | 97,472 |  |  |  | 96,621 |
Net effect of dilutive stock options and grants based on the treasury stock method |  |  | 1,695 |  |  |  | 1,351 |  |  |  | 1,591 |  |  |  | 1,131 |
Weighted average number of common shares and equivalents - diluted |  |  | 99,258 |  |  |  | 98,054 |  |  |  | 99,063 |  |  |  | 97,752 |
|  | Three months ended June 30, |  |  | Six months ended June 30, |
|  | (amounts in thousands) |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Earnings per basic share attributable to UHS: |  | $ | 1.06 |  |  | $ | 0.68 |  |  | $ | 2.23 |  |  | $ | 1.42 |
Earnings per diluted share attributable to UHS: |  | $ | 1.04 |  |  | $ | 0.67 |  |  | $ | 2.20 |  |  | $ | 1.40 |

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