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Significant Accounting Policies - Percentage of Net Service Revenue Contributed from Each Reporting Segment (Detail) (Sales Revenue, Segment)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Health Care Organization, Revenue [Abstract]    
Percentage of net service revenue 100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Home health services    
Health Care Organization, Revenue [Abstract]    
Percentage of net service revenue 75.90%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueSegmentMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lhcg_HomehealthservicesMember
78.10%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueSegmentMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lhcg_HomehealthservicesMember
Hospice Services    
Health Care Organization, Revenue [Abstract]    
Percentage of net service revenue 8.70%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueSegmentMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lhcg_HospiceEntityMember
9.30%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueSegmentMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lhcg_HospiceEntityMember
Community-based services    
Health Care Organization, Revenue [Abstract]    
Percentage of net service revenue 5.10%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueSegmentMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lhcg_CommunityBasedServicesMember
0.50%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueSegmentMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lhcg_CommunityBasedServicesMember
Facility-based services    
Health Care Organization, Revenue [Abstract]    
Percentage of net service revenue 10.30%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueSegmentMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lhcg_FacilityBasedServicesMember
12.10%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueSegmentMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lhcg_FacilityBasedServicesMember