The ratings on Utah County, Utah's variable-rate demand hospital revenue bonds series 2002B and 2002C, issued on behalf of IHC Health Services Inc., have been affirmed subsequent to the bank facility being extended to Feb. 18, 2005. The long-term component of the ratings is based on the credit quality of IHC Health Services Inc., and the short-term component of the ratings is based on the credit quality of WestLB AG. Complete ratings information is available to subscribers of RatingsDirect, Standard&Poor's Web-based credit analysis system, at www.ratingsdirect.com. All ratings affected by this rating action can be found on Standard&Poor's public Web site at www.standardandpoors.com; under Credit Ratings in the left navigation bar, select Credit Ratings Search.
