Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Information of Reportable Segments

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017			2016
	(in thousands)
Revenues
Housekeeping services	$	243,423		$	238,279
Dietary services	161,067			146,528
Total	$	404,490		$	384,807
Income before income taxes
Housekeeping services	$	23,202		$	22,500
Dietary services	10,225			9,148
Corporate and eliminations (1)	(1,148		)	(2,044		)
Total	$	32,279		$	29,604

⁽¹⁾  Primarily represents corporate office costs and related overhead, recording of certain inventories and supplies and workers compensation costs at the reportable segment level which use accounting methods that differ from those used at the corporate level, as well as consolidated subsidiaries’ operating expenses that are not allocated to the reportable segments, net of investment and interest income.