Discontinued operations (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

In the fourth quarter of 2013, the Company's end-of-life hospice pharmacy business ("Hospice") as well as certain retail operations ("Retail") qualified for discontinued operations treatment. In the first quarter of 2014, the Company finalized the sale of several of the retail operations for net proceeds of approximately $3 million. The results from operations for all periods presented have been revised to reflect the results of Hospice and Retail as discontinued operations.

Selected financial information related to the discontinued operations follows (in thousands):

	Three months ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Net Sales
Hospice	$	48,357		$	52,497
Retail	10,170			13,561
Net sales - total discontinued	58,527			66,058
Income (loss) from operations, pretax
Hospice	1,214			9,888
Retail	(474		)	(114		)
Income from operations - total discontinued, pretax	740			9,774
Income tax (benefit) expense
Hospice	776			3,783
Retail	(172		)	(49		)
Income tax expense - total discontinued	604			3,734
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
Hospice	438			6,105
Retail	(302		)	(65		)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations - total	$	136		$	6,040