[TENET LOGO] FINANCIAL UPDATE - ---------------------- HEALTHCARE CORPORATION TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION Paul J. Russell CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME Vice President, Investor Relations QUARTER ENDED AUGUST 31, Tel 310.998 8088 (UNAUDITED) --------------------------------------------- (DOLLARS ARE EXPRESSED IN MILLIONS) THREE MONTHS --------------------------------------------- 1995(1) 1994(1) CHANGE --------------------------------------------- Net operating revenues 1,283.9 662.8 93.7% Operating expenses: Salaries and benefits (502.2) (283.2) 77.3% Supplies (178.7) (80.6) 121.7% Provision for doubtful accounts (67.3) (26.1) 157.9% Other operating expenses (281.6) (150.1) 87.6% - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization 254.1 122.8 106.9% EBITDA margin 19.8% 18.5% 1.3%* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depreciation (61.4) (34.3) 79.0% Amortization (18.8) (3.6) 422.2% - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating income 173.9 84.9 104.8% Operating margin 13.5% 12.8% 0.7%* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interest expense, net of capitalized portion (77.1) (17.7) 335.6% Investment earnings 7.3 6.0 21.7% Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates 6.9 6.3 9.5% Minority interests in income of consolidated subsidiaries (5.6) (2.0) 180.0% Net gain (loss) on disposals of facilities(2) 123.5 (2.5) - Gain on sale of subsidiary's common stock(3) - 32.0 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income before income taxes 228.9 107.0 113.9% Pretax margin 17.8% 16.1% 1.7%* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Taxes on income (110.6) (43.0) 157.2% Tax rate 48.3% 40.2% 8.1%* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income 118.3 64.0 84.8% % of Net revenues 9.2% 9.7% (0.5%)* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EARNINGS PER SHARE: Primary EPS 0.59 0.38 Fully diluted EPS 0.56 0.36 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average shares and share equivalents outstanding - primary 201,890,000 168,461,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares outstanding at end of period 200,053,000 166,276,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <FN> * THIS % CHANGE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1995 AND 1994 PERCENTAGES SHOWN. SEE FOOTNOTE EXPLANATIONS ON PAGE 4. TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED) (DOLLARS ARE EXPRESSED IN MILLIONS EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Primary Fully Diluted Operating Income Income Earnings Per Earnings Per Revenues(1) Before Taxes After Taxes Share Share -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISCAL YEAR 1996 1st Qtr 1,283.9 228.9 118.3 0.59 0.56 FISCAL YEAR 1995 1st Qtr 662.8 107.0 64.0 0.38 0.36 2nd Qtr 638.8 76.2 46.2 0.27 0.27 3rd Qtr 660.5 80.9 48.9 0.29 0.28 4th Qtr 1,356.3 65.3 35.3 0.17 0.17 Full Year 3,318.4 329.4 194.4 1.10 1.06 QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTATIVE OF OPERATIONS FOR A FULL YEAR BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE YEAR-END ADJUSTMENTS AND FOR VARIOUS OTHER REASONS INCLUDING SEASONAL FACTORS, INTEREST RATES, ACQUISITIONS, DISPOSALS, CONTRACTUAL ALLOWANCE FLUCTUATIONS AND THE TIMING OF PRICE CHANGES. THE SUM OF QUARTERLY EARNINGS PER SHARE DOES NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL THE EARNINGS PER SHARE FOR THE FULL YEAR BECAUSE QUARTERLY EARNINGS PER SHARE AMOUNTS ARE BASED ON AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING EACH QUARTER AND ON EFFECTIVE TAX RATES FOR THE QUARTER, WHEREAS FULL YEAR EARNINGS PER SHARE IS BASED ON AVERAGE SHARES FOR THE YEAR AND ON EFFECTIVE TAX RATES FOR THE FULL YEAR. SEE FOOTNOTE EXPLANATIONS ON PAGE 4. PAGE 2 TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION DOMESTIC GENERAL HOSPITALS SELECTED STATISTICS QUARTER ENDED AUGUST 31, (UNAUDITED) (DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS EXCEPT FOR NET INPATIENT REVENUE PER PATIENT DAY) THREE MONTHS -------------------------------------------------- 1995 1994 CHANGE ---------- ---------- ---------- Net inpatient revenues $787.3 $373.4 110.8% Net outpatient revenues $365.3 $144.1 153.5% Facilities owned or operated 72 33 39 Quarter-end licensed beds 16,210 6,622 144.8% Average licensed beds 15,516 6,764 129.4% Average occupancy 43.4% 43.2% 0.2%* Patient days 619,226 268,939 130.2% Net inpatient revenue per patient day $1,271 $1,388 (8.4%) Admissions 111,503 49,078 127.2% Average length of stay (days) 5.6 5.5 0.1* Outpatient visits 1,278,757 377,539 238.7% SOURCES OF NET PATIENT REVENUE Medicare 38.4% 35.1% Medicaid 6.8% 7.3% Private and other 54.8% 57.6% SAME FACILITIES (69) OWNED AND OPERATED ON JUNE 1, 1994 AND ON AUGUST 31, 1995(4) Average licensed beds 15,383 15,412 (0.2%) Patient days 613,412 626,111 (2.0%) Admissions 110,238 108,890 1.2% Outpatient visits 1,238,828 1,029,595 20.3% Net inpatient revenue per patient day $1,264 $1,260 0.3% Average length of stay (days) 5.6 5.7 (0.1)* <FN> *THIS % CHANGE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1995 AND 1994 PERCENTAGES SHOWN. SEE FOOTNOTE EXPLANATIONS ON PAGE 4. PAGE 3 Tenet Healthcare Corporation FOOTNOTE EXPLANATIONS 1. On March 1, 1995 the Company acquired all the outstanding common stock of American Medical Holdings, Inc. ("AMH") for approximately $1.5 billion in cash and 33,156,614 shares of the Company's common stock valued at approximately $489.0 million. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase and accordingly the results of AMH are included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations since the date of acquisition. The Consolidated Statements of Income are subject to final reclassification, but any such reclassification would not change income from continuing operations before or after income taxes or net income. 2. On June 28, 1995, the Company sold its two hospitals and related healthcare businesses in Singapore to Parkway Holdings Limited for $243.3 million, which is net of $78.3 million in debt assumed by the buyer. The Company used the net proceeds from the sale to repay secured bank loans under its domestic term loan and revolving credit agreement. Net operating revenues and operating profits from the sold facilities were $10.2 million and $2.0 million, respectively, in the quarter ended August 31, 1995, and $26.3 million and $6.3 million, respectively, in the quarter ended August 31, 1994. 3. On August 11, 1994, the Company completed the sale of a controlling interest in Total Renal Care, Inc. the operator of the Company's outpatient renal dialysis centers. Net operating revenues and operating income for the period from June 1, 1994 through August 11, 1994 were $16.6 million and $2.7 million, respectively. 4. The same 69 facilities consists of 33 facilities owned and operated by the Company on June 1, 1994 and August 31, 1995 and 36 facilities owned and operated by AMH on June 1, 1994 and now owned and operated by the Company. PAGE 4