Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Segments [Abstract]

Service Revenues And Sales And After-Tax Earnings By Business Segment

	Three months ended March 31,
	2016		2015
Service Revenues and Sales
VITAS	$	277,528	$	269,613
Roto-Rooter		112,861		107,039
Total	$	390,389	$	376,652
After-tax Earnings
VITAS	$	19,087	$	19,315
Roto-Rooter		13,020		12,008
Total		32,107		31,323
Corporate		(7,267)		(6,786)
Net income	$	24,840	$	24,537