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9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Segments [Abstract]

Service Revenues And Sales And After-Tax Earnings By Business Segment

		Three months ended						Nine months ended
		September 30,						September 30,
		2011			2010			2011			2010
Service Revenues and Sales
VITAS		$	252,944		$	233,964		$	731,712		$	683,542
Roto-Rooter			88,495			86,487			274,005			260,717
	Total	$	341,439		$	320,451		$	1,005,717		$	944,259
After-tax Earnings
VITAS		$	20,970		$	19,803		$	57,684		$	56,523
Roto-Rooter			8,016			7,747			25,618			24,420
	Total		28,986			27,550			83,302			80,943
Corporate			(7,099	)		(6,562	)		(23,028	)		(21,742	)
	Net income	$	21,887		$	20,988		$	60,274		$	59,201