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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Computations of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the quarters ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts):

		2019				2018
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.		$	1,039			$	1,144
Weighted average common shares outstanding			342.876				350.850
Effect of dilutive incremental shares			7.440				8.899
Shares used for diluted earnings per share			350.316				359.749
Earnings per share:
Basic earnings		$	3.03			$	3.26
Diluted earnings		$	2.97			$	3.18

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
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