Also, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for average licensed beds at Acute Care Hospitals in the United States and Puerto Rico indicates an increase of 1.9% from the prior-year reported figure. Higher bed count is owing to the addition of facilities in the second quarter. Further, this solid bed count is expected to have aided admissions across both Acute Care and Behavioral Health segments during the quarter. Universal Health might have consistently enhanced its shareholder value in the period under review. However, Universal Health is anticipated to have incurred escalating operating expenses due to higher salaries, wages and benefits plus other operating expenses, which could negatively impact second-quarter earnings. Moreover, its long-term debt, which has been piling up since 2013 (dipped to some extent in the first quarter of 2019), might have deteriorated further. Interest expenses of the company might also remain at elevated levels.