Property And Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

Property And Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Property And Equipment, Net

7. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment was comprised of the following at December 31, 2010 and 2009:

	2010			2009
	(in thousands)
Land	$	18,405		$	16,206
Buildings and leasehold improvements		476,057			368,341
Equipment		539,518			536,328
Computer software		1,025,468			1,013,461
		2,059,448			1,934,336
Accumulated depreciation		(1,244,111	)		(1,255,194	)
Property and equipment, net	$	815,337		$	679,142

Depreciation expense was $225.1 million in 2010, $213.0 million in 2009, and $183.3 million in 2008, including amortization expense for capitalized internally developed and purchased software of $135.5 million in 2010, $126.9 million in 2009, and $92.9 million in 2008. The table above includes $131.0 million of net property and equipment acquired in connection with the December 21, 2010 acquisition of Concentra more fully described in Note 3.