Accounts receivable net greater than sixty days Past due.

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Liability for Claims Paid Under Commercially Insured Coverage

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Loss Contingency, Estimate of Possible Loss, Maximum Insurance Deductible

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Percentage of Insurance Deductible

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Percentage of Liability for Claims Paid Under Commercially Insured Coverage

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Self Insured Amount Per Occurrence

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Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 02

-Paragraph 4

-Article 5

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The fair value of financial liabilities, which are not recognized in the financial statements (off-balance sheet) because they fail to meet some other criterion for recognition.

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-Section 50

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The amount of estimated liability as of the balance sheet date for the specific conflagration, earthquake, windstorm, explosion, or similar event.

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

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-Paragraph 9, 10, 11

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Carrying amount (including both current and noncurrent portions) of accrued known and estimated losses incurred as of the balance sheet date for which no insurance coverage exists, and for which a claim has been made or is probable of being asserted, typically arising from workmen's compensation-type of incidents and personal injury to nonemployees from accidents on the entity's property.

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Carrying amount of accrued known and estimated losses incurred as of the balance sheet date for which no insurance coverage exists, and for which a claim has been made or is probable of being asserted, typically arising from workmen's compensation-type of incidents and personal injury to nonemployees from accidents on the entity's property that are expected to be paid within one year (or the normal operating cycle, if longer).

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Nov. 15, 2010	Nov. 15, 2010 Maximum [Member]	Nov. 15, 2010 Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Illinois [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Illinois [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Puerto Rico [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Location 1 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Location 2 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Wind Storms [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Wind Storms [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Wind Storms [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Earthquake [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Earthquake [Member] United States [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Earthquake [Member] United States [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Earthquake [Member] United States [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Flood [Member] Location 1 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Flood [Member] Location 2 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Self Insurance Programs [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Other debt and public utility guarantees [Member]	Nov. 15, 2010 Subsidiaries [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jan. 01, 2008 Subsidiaries [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jan. 01, 2008 Subsidiaries [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Psychiatric Solutions Inc [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Psychiatric Solutions Inc [Member] Minimum [Member]	Nov. 14, 2010 Psychiatric Solutions Inc [Member] Minimum [Member]	Nov. 15, 2010 Legacy Subsidiaries [Member] Maximum [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) [Abstract]
Self-insured for professional and general liability	$ 300,000,000	$ 292,000,000																						$ 10,000,000	$ 75,000,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 10,000,000
Purchased several excess policies through commercial insurance carriers per occurrence																						200,000,000	200,000,000
Percentage of liability for claims paid under commercially insured coverage			10.00%
Liability for claims paid under commercially insured coverage				60,000,000	10,000,000
Self-insured for professional and general liability, current	60,000,000	60,000,000
Commercial property insurance policies covering catastrophic losses								25,000,000				1,000,000,000		250,000,000	100,000,000
Maximum insurance deductible											250,000							250,000	500,000
Minimum Insurance Deductible									50,000	250,000
Percentage of insurance deductible												5.00%	3.00%			5.00%	1.00%
Accounts receivable, net	1,042,535,000	969,802,000				76,000,000	54,000,000
Accounts receivable net greater than sixty days Past due	55,000,000	41,000,000
Off-balance sheet contingent obligation	$ 81,000,000																			$ 66,000,000	$ 15,000,000