Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Information [Abstract]

Revenues and Income from continuing operations before income taxes

The distribution between reportable segments of the Company’s net operating revenues, income from continuing operations before income taxes, expenditures for segment assets and total assets is summarized in the following tables (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Net operating revenues:
Hospital operations	$	11,631,382		$	10,813,383		$	10,065,457
Corporate and all other		274,830			279,039			268,044
	$	11,906,212		$	11,092,422		$	10,333,501
Income from continuing operations before income taxes:
Hospital operations	$	720,215		$	662,303		$	590,389
Corporate and all other		(246,668	)		(143,409	)		(142,727	)
	$	473,547		$	518,894		$	447,662
Expenditures for segment assets:
Hospital operations	$	737,391		$	646,509		$	543,969
Corporate and all other		39,322			20,869			15,105
	$	776,713		$	667,378		$	559,074
	December 31,
	2011			2010
Total assets:
Hospital operations	$	13,984,964		$	13,398,314
Corporate and all other		1,223,876			1,299,809
	$	15,208,840		$	14,698,123