GAO-08-681R:
Published: Jul 17, 2008
Publicly Released: Jul 17, 2008
Operating results of all five hospitals significantly declined in 2005, the year of Hurricane Katrina, based on the three measures of profitability we used to illustrate differences in the hospitals' operating results before and after the hurricane--operating income or loss, net income or loss, and earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization. However, four out of the five hospitals sh