Universal Health Realty Income Trust Announces Dividend Increase

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Health Realty Income Trust announced today that its Board of Trustees voted to increase the quarterly dividend by $.005 per share and pay a dividend of $.505 per share on December 31, 2004 to shareholders of record as of December 16, 2004.

Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust, invests in healthcare and human service related facilities including acute care hospitals, behavioral healthcare facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, sub-acute care facilities, surgery centers, childcare centers and medical office buildings. The Trust has forty-three investments in fifteen states.

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CONTACT: Cheryl K. Ramagano, Vice President & Treasurer, UniversalHealth Realty Income Trust, +1-610-265-0688