Market leaders.

Market Leaders

The top-performing stocks among the long term care industry's publicly
traded companies during the past month:

New York Stock Exchange

                                           Closing  Closing  Net Price
                                   Symbol  10/8/02  11/8/02     Change

1. AstraZeneca pic                    AZN   $30.98   $39.75      +8.77
2. Extendicare Inc.                  EXEA    $2.35    $2.81      +0.46
3. Sunrise Assisted Living Inc.       SRZ   $20.00   $23.35      +3.25
4. Beverly Enterprises Inc.           REV    $1.91    $2.20      +0.29
5. E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Co.      DD   $37.35   $42.33      +4.98

                                   Percentage
                                       Change

1. AstraZeneca pic                    + 28.3%
2. Extendicare Inc.                   + 19.5%
3. Sunrise Assisted Living Inc.       + 16.2%
4. Beverly Enterprises Inc.           + 15.1%
5. E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Co.     + 13.3%

Nasdaq Exchange

                                           Closing  Closing  Net Price
                                   Symbol  10/8/02  11/8/02     Change

1. Dynacq International Inc.         DYII   $10.69   $14.20      +3.51
2. Odyssey Healthcare Inc.           ODSY   $32.19   $36.35      +4.16
3. Lifeline Systems Inc.             LIFE   $19.67   $21.55      +1.88
4. New York Health Care Inc.         NYHC    $3.34    $3.65      +0.31
5. Geneva Health Services Inc.       GTIV    $7.90    $8.50      +0.60

                                   Percentage
                                       Change

1. Dynacq International Inc.          + 32.8%
2. Odyssey Healthcare Inc.            + 12.8%
3. Lifeline Systems Inc.               + 9.5%
4. New York Health Care Inc.           + 9.2%
5. Geneva Health Services Inc.         + 7.5%