Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information by Segment



	December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Net operating revenues:
Hospital operations	$	12,751,982	$	11,631,382	$	10,813,383
Corporate and all other		277,003		274,830		279,039
Total	$	13,028,985	$	11,906,212	$	11,092,422

Income from continuing operations before income taxes:
Hospital operations	$	858,699	$	720,215	$	662,303
Corporate and all other		(354,928)		(246,668)		(143,409)
Total	$	503,771	$	473,547	$	518,894

Expenditures for segment assets:
Hospital operations	$	729,757	$	737,391	$	646,509
Corporate and all other		39,033		39,322		20,869
Total	$	768,790	$	776,713	$	667,378

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Total assets:
Hospital operations	$	15,142,281	$	13,984,964
Corporate and all other		1,464,054		1,223,876
Total	$	16,606,335	$	15,208,840

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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