Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Acquisitions and Divestitures [Abstract]

Allocation of Purchase Price for business acquisition transactions

The table below summarizes the allocations of the purchase price (including assumed liabilities) for the above acquisition transactions (in thousands):

	2011		2010
Current assets	$	26,017	$	46,842
Property and equipment		280,639		169,209
Goodwill		73,923		10,537
Intangible assets		2,260		1,730
Other long-term assets		3,497		—
Liabilities		28,089		51,124

Summary of business acquisition operation

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010
	(Unaudited)
Pro forma net operating revenues	$	12,180,247	$	11,792,639
Pro forma net income		173,697		259,978
Pro forma net income per share:
Basic	$	1.93	$	2.83
Diluted	$	1.92	$	2.80

Net operating revenues and income from discontinued operations

Net operating revenues and income from discontinued operations for the respective periods are as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Net operating revenues	$	144,546		$	305,562		$	348,796
(Loss) income from operations of entities sold before income taxes		(12,390	)		(10,460	)		1,492
Impairment of hospitals sold		(51,695	)		—			—
Loss on sale, net		(4,301	)		—			(644	)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations before income taxes		(68,386	)		(10,460	)		848
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes		(10,115	)		(3,688	)		282
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of taxes	$	(58,271	)	$	(6,772	)	$	566