Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2012

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Property and Equipment [Table Text Block]

	Useful Life
Equipment	2 to 10 years
Computer hardware and software	3 to 15 years
Capitalized internal-use software costs	5 to 15 years

		As of
		2012		2011
Computer hardware and software		$	212,205	$	191,459
Equipment			33,487		31,492
Leasehold improvements			19,799		18,717
Computer hardware under capital leases			2,516		2,516
Buildings			1,114		-
Land			236		-
Office equipment under capital leases			-		452
	Property and equipment, gross		269,357		244,636
Accumulated depreciation			(168,321)		(142,235)
	Property and equipment, net	$	101,036	$	102,401

Vendor Rebates [Table Text Block]

(in thousands)	Physician Business
Rebates included within:	2012		2011		2010
Net sales	$	759	$	1,237	$	2,433
Cost of goods sold		124,792		107,924		108,143
Total	$	125,551	$	109,161	$	110,576
	Extended Care Business
Rebates included within:	2012		2011		2010
Cost of goods sold	$	106,251	$	108,718	$	106,141
	Total Company
Rebates included within:	2012		2011		2010
Net sales	$	759	$	1,237	$	2,433
Cost of goods sold		231,043		216,642		214,284
Total	$	231,802	$	217,879	$	216,717

Schedule of Weighted Average Number of Shares [Table Text Block]

(in thousands)		2012	2011	2010
Denominator-weighted average shares outstanding used
	in computing basic earnings per share	51,998	54,996	58,029
Assumed exercise of stock options(a)		63	198	324
Assumed vesting of restricted stock		453	650	514
Assumed conversion of 2008 Notes		1,475	702	76
Denominator-weighted average shares outstanding used
	in computing diluted earnings per share	53,989	56,546	58,943