Earnings per share Earnings Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

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,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net income attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	224,809	$	293,820	$	386,931	$	531,223
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic shares	94,457		106,364		95,382		107,606
Assumed incremental from stock plans	3,315		5,059		3,739		4,949
Diluted shares	97,772		111,423		99,121		112,555
Basic net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	2.38	$	2.76	$	4.06	$	4.94
Diluted net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	2.30	$	2.64	$	3.90	$	4.72
Anti-dilutive stock-settled awards excluded from calculation(1)	1,201		141		686		84

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