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9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

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3.   Segments

Service revenues and sales and after-tax earnings by business segment are as follows (in thousands):

	Three months ended September 30,					Nine months ended September 30,
	2013			2012		2013			2012
Service Revenues and Sales
VITAS	$	254,001		$	267,990	$	788,896		$	794,050
Roto-Rooter		86,885			86,363		275,829			267,416
Total	$	340,886		$	354,353	$	1,064,725		$	1,061,466
After-tax Earnings
VITAS	$	14,608		$	21,940	$	55,237		$	61,999
Roto-Rooter		8,181			6,145		19,218			21,715
Total		22,789			28,085		74,455			83,714
Corporate		(5,357)	*		(7,240)		(20,137)	*		(21,150)
Net income	$	17,432		$	20,845	$	54,318		$	62,564

*Corporate includes a credit of $1.8 million related to the expiration of tax statutes for uncertain tax positions recorded in prior years.

We report corporate administrative expenses and unallocated investing and financing income and expense not directly related to either segment as “Corporate”.