Tenet Healthcare Corporation operates in one line of business—the provision of health care services, primarily through the operation of general hospitals. All of Tenet’s operations are conducted through its subsidiaries. (Unless the context otherwise requires, Tenet and its subsidiaries are referred to herein as “Tenet,” the “Company,” “we” or “us.”) At December 31, 2006, our subsidiaries operated 64 general hospitals (including seven hospitals not yet divested at that date that are classified as discontinued operations in our Consolidated Financial Statements), a cancer hospital and two critical access...