Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Segments [Abstract]

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

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Service Revenues and Sales
VITAS	$	288,951	$	282,865	$	855,977	$	839,131
Roto-Rooter		128,493		109,742		382,390		334,274
Total	$	417,444	$	392,607	$	1,238,367	$	1,173,405
After-tax Income/(Loss)
VITAS	$	26,454	$	20,903	$	14,797	$	58,538
Roto-Rooter		16,034		12,855		47,716		39,216
Total		42,488		33,758		62,513		97,754
Corporate		(7,051)		(6,929)		(18,888)		(21,200)
Net income	$	35,437	$	26,829	$	43,625	$	76,554