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Universal Health Services

American hospital management company

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 10, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is an American Fortune 500 company that provides hospital and healthcare services, based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. In 2024, UHS reported total revenues of $15.8 billion.

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The public source identifies “Universal Health Services” as american hospital management company. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Universal, Health and Services.

Editorial reviewA useful synthesis for locating the documentary relationships between formal authority, participants and affected communities. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Universal, Health and Services providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Universal Health Services”, the useful work is to connect “american hospital management company” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from “Universal Health Services” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.