Nature of Operations	12 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2012
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
NATURE OF OPERATIONS	PSS World Medical, Inc. (the “Company” or “PSSI”), a Florida corporation, began operations in 1983. The Company is a national distributor of medical products and supplies, diagnostic equipment, healthcare information technology and pharmaceutical products, and provides professional and consulting services to the physician, long-term care, assisted living, home health care, and hospice markets. The Company has full-service distribution centers strategically located to efficiently serve all 50 states throughout the United States. The Company currently conducts business through two operating segments, the Physician Business and the Extended Care Business, which serve a diverse customer base. A third reporting segment, Shared Services, consists of departments that support the operating segments through the delivery of standardized service. The Physician Business, or the Physician Sales & Service division, is a leading distributor of medical supplies, diagnostic equipment, pharmaceutical-related products, healthcare information technology, professional and consulting services and physician dispensing solutions to alternate site healthcare providers in the U.S. The Physician Business currently operates 33 full-service distribution centers, 39 break-freight locations, 2 service centers, and 2 redistribution facilities, some of which are shared with the Extended Care Business, serving physician offices in all 50 states. The Extended Care Business, or the Gulf South Medical Supply division, is a national distributor of medical supplies and related products and solutions to the extended care industry in the United States. The Extended Care Business serves the skilled nursing home, assisted living, home health care, and hospice markets. In addition, the Extended Care Business also provides Medicare Part B billing services, either on a fee-for-service or a full-assignment basis and Medicaid billing services to the assisted living market. The Extended Care Business currently operates 18 full-service distribution centers, 10 break-freight locations, 2 service centers, and 2 redistribution facilities, some of which are shared with the Physician Business, serving independent and regional skilled nursing facilities, assisted living centers, home health care, and hospice providers in all 50 states.

Nature of Operations

12 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2012

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

PSS World Medical, Inc. (the “Company” or “PSSI”), a Florida corporation, began operations in 1983. The Company is a national distributor of medical products and supplies, diagnostic equipment, healthcare information technology and pharmaceutical products, and provides professional and consulting services to the physician, long-term care, assisted living, home health care, and hospice markets. The Company has full-service distribution centers strategically located to efficiently serve all 50 states throughout the United States.

The Company currently conducts business through two operating segments, the Physician Business and the Extended Care Business, which serve a diverse customer base. A third reporting segment, Shared Services, consists of departments that support the operating segments through the delivery of standardized service.

The Physician Business, or the Physician Sales & Service division, is a leading distributor of medical supplies, diagnostic equipment, pharmaceutical-related products, healthcare information technology, professional and consulting services and physician dispensing solutions to alternate site healthcare providers in the U.S. The Physician Business currently operates 33 full-service distribution centers, 39 break-freight locations, 2 service centers, and 2 redistribution facilities, some of which are shared with the Extended Care Business, serving physician offices in all 50 states.

The Extended Care Business, or the Gulf South Medical Supply division, is a national distributor of medical supplies and related products and solutions to the extended care industry in the United States. The Extended Care Business serves the skilled nursing home, assisted living, home health care, and hospice markets. In addition, the Extended Care Business also provides Medicare Part B billing services, either on a fee-for-service or a full-assignment basis and Medicaid billing services to the assisted living market. The Extended Care Business currently operates 18 full-service distribution centers, 10 break-freight locations, 2 service centers, and 2 redistribution facilities, some of which are shared with the Physician Business, serving independent and regional skilled nursing facilities, assisted living centers, home health care, and hospice providers in all 50 states.