Investors will be watching beginning this week to see if hospitals maintained admission and outpatient volumes during the second quarter.
The start of second-quarter earnings releases will see publicly traded hospitals trying to match fairly tough comparable numbers from last year. There was also one less weekday in this year’s second quarter to provide services.
“We’ll be looking for them to reiterate (earnings) guidance for the year,” said Brian Tanquilut, senior vice president of healthcare equity research at investment firm Jefferies & Co.
