Triad Hospitals, Inc Exhibit 12.1
Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
For the Years Ended December 31,
1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
Earnings:
Income from continuing operations before
minority interests and income taxes $ (112.4) $ (113.9) $ (14.7) $ 127.3 $ 143.3
Fixed charges, exclusive of capitalized interest 78.9 82.4 73.6 64.5 47.6
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Income as adjusted $ (33.5) $ (31.5) $ 58.9 $ 191.8 $ 190.9
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Fixed Charges:
Interest charged to expense $ 67.7 $ 68.9 $ 60.5 $ 52.0 $ 36.6
Portion of rents representative of interest 11.2 13.5 13.1 12.5 11.0
78.9 82.4 73.6 64.5 47.6
Interest expense included in cost of plant construction -- 1.7 0.4 0.6 0.6
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$ 78.9 $ 84.1 $ 74.0 $ 65.1 $ 48.2
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Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges (A) (A) (A) 3.0 4.0
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(A) Triad's earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $112.4 million,
$115.6 million and $15.1 million for the year ended December 31, 1999, 1998
and 1997, respectively