Earnings per share Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

The reconciliations of the numerators and denominators used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows:

	Three months ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Net income attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	162,122	$	237,403
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic shares	96,342		109,014
Assumed incremental from stock plans	4,161		4,838
Diluted shares	100,503		113,852
Basic net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	1.68	$	2.18
Diluted net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	1.61	$	2.09
Anti-dilutive stock-settled awards excluded from calculation(1)	171		27

(1)Shares associated with stock awards excluded from the diluted denominator calculation because they were anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method.