| Year Ended December 31, | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | March 31, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||
FIXED CHARGES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense — net of interest capitalized | $ | 411 | $ | 1,135 | $ | 1,226 | $ | 1,189 | $ | 1,068 | $ | 86 | ||||||||||||
| Fixed Charges | $ | 411 | $ | 1,135 | $ | 1,226 | $ | 1,189 | $ | 1,068 | $ | 86 | ||||||||||||
EARNINGS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pretax income from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees | $ | 3,534 | $ | 7,947 | $ | 8,443 | $ | 18,678 | $ | 19,993 | $ | 6,522 | ||||||||||||
| Plus: fixed charges | 411 | 1,135 | 1,226 | 1,189 | 1,068 | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings | $ | 3,945 | $ | 9,082 | $ | 9,669 | $ | 19,867 | $ | 21,061 | $ | 6,608 | ||||||||||||
| Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends (1) | 9.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 16.7 | 19.7 | 76.8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | The ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends was computed by dividing earnings by fixed charges. LHC Group, Inc. has not issued any preferred stock as of the date of this prospectus, and therefore there were no preferred dividends included in the calculation of ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for these periods. Earnings have been calculated by adding fixed charges to income from continuing operations before minority interest and cooperative endeavor allocations. Fixed charges consist of interest expense. |
