Earnings per share Earnings Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

The reconciliations of the numerators and denominators used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows:

	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net income attributable to DaVita Inc.:
Continuing operations	$	293,820	$	201,602	$	531,223	$	431,215
Discontinued operations	—		—		—		9,980
Net income attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	293,820	$	201,602	$	531,223	$	441,195
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic shares	106,364		122,074		107,606		123,485
Assumed incremental from stock plans	5,059		1,994		4,949		1,994
Diluted shares	111,423		124,068		112,555		125,479
Basic net income attributable to DaVita Inc.:
Continuing operations per share	$	2.76	$	1.65	$	4.94	$	3.49
Discontinued operations per share	—		—		—		0.08
Basic net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	2.76	$	1.65	$	4.94	$	3.57
Diluted net income attributable to DaVita Inc.:
Continuing operations per share	$	2.64	$	1.62	$	4.72	$	3.44
Discontinued operations per share	—		—		—		0.08
Diluted net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	2.64	$	1.62	$	4.72	$	3.52
Anti-dilutive stock-settled awards excluded from calculation(1)	141		3,216		84		3,211

(1)Shares associated with stock awards excluded from the diluted denominator calculation because they were anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method.