11. Segment Information

The Company’s segments consist of home health services, hospice services, community-based services, and facility-based services. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.

The following tables summarize the Company’s segment information for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (amounts in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31, 2017
	Home health services			Hospice services			Community-based services			Facility-based services			Total
Net service revenue	$	783,507		$	159,197		$	46,909		$	82,473		$	1,072,086
Cost of service revenue	482,179			103,969			35,244			54,418			675,810
Provision for bad debts	5,924			1,910			750			900			9,484
General and administrative expenses	229,264			45,516			9,946			25,813			310,539
Impairment of intangibles and other	1,511			—			—			—			1,511
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets	101			22			—			(63		)	60
Operating income	64,528			7,780			969			1,405			74,682
Interest expense	(2,906		)	(582		)	(194		)	(194		)	(3,876		)
Non-operating income	360			71			3			90			524
Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	61,982			7,269			778			1,301			71,330
Income tax expense	9,509			1,057			156			222			10,944
Net income	52,473			6,212			622			1,079			60,386
Less net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	9,102			1,248			(111		)	35			10,274
Net income attributable to LHC Group, Inc.’s common stockholders	$	43,371		$	4,964		$	733		$	1,044		$	50,112
Total assets	$	534,385		$	155,230		$	48,216		$	55,871		$	793,702



	Year Ended December 31, 2016
	Home health services		Hospice services		Community-based services		Facility-based services			Total
Net service revenue	$	665,896	$	134,948	$	43,891	$	70,088		$	914,823
Cost of service revenue	398,450		83,359		32,603		43,238			557,650
Provision for bad debts	9,609		3,401		797		983			14,790
General and administrative expenses	203,418		37,207		8,785		21,212			270,622
Impairment of intangibles and other	—		—		—		—			—
Loss on disposal of assets	857		338		49		(45		)	1,199
Operating income	53,562		10,643		1,657		4,700			70,562



Interest expense	(2,216		)	(317		)	(144		)	(259		)	(2,936		)
Non-operating income	422			25			14			31			492
Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	51,768			10,351			1,527			4,472			68,118
Income tax expense	16,505			3,485			651			1,535			22,176
Net income	35,263			6,866			876			2,937			45,942
Less net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	6,876			1,867			(58		)	674			9,359
Net income attributable to LHC Group, Inc.’s common stockholders	$	28,387		$	4,999		$	934		$	2,263		$	36,583
Total assets	$	427,782		$	116,090		$	33,520		$	36,679		$	614,071



	Year Ended December 31, 2015
	Home health services			Hospice services			Community-based services			Facility-based services			Total
Net service revenue	$	613,188		$	85,854		$	41,202		$	76,122		$	816,366
Cost of service revenue	354,750			50,906			29,076			46,146			480,878
Provision for bad debts	15,736			1,002			1,816			689			19,243
General and administrative expenses	190,591			26,437			8,465			22,426			247,919
Impairment of intangibles and other	1,245			—			28			—			1,273
Loss on disposal of assets	544			80			41			45			710
Operating income	50,322			7,429			1,776			6,816			66,343
Interest expense	(1,819		)	(253		)	(23		)	(207		)	(2,302		)
Non-operating income	397			38			3			19			457
Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	48,900			7,214			1,756			6,628			64,498
Income tax expense	17,173			2,541			787			2,347			22,848
Net income	31,727			4,673			969			4,281			41,650
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	7,424			1,077			(144		)	958			9,315
Net income attributable to LHC Group, Inc.’s common stockholders	$	24,303		$	3,596		$	1,113		$	3,323		$	32,335
Total assets	$	394,392		$	101,641		$	31,235		$	38,786		$	566,054