XML 22 R45.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.20.1

Segment Reporting - Textuals (Details) | 3 Months Ended
--- | ---
Mar. 31, 2020 hospital location segment state
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Number of operating segments | segment | 2
Number of states in which entity operates | state | 37
Inpatient Rehabilitation |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Number of states in which entity operates | state | 33
Number of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals operated | 134
Number of solely owned inpatient rehabilitation hospitals | 87
Number of jointly owned inpatient rehabilitation hospitals | 47
Number of inpatient rehabilitation units under management contracts | 3
Home Health and Hospice |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Number of states in which entity operates | state | 31
Number of home health locations | location | 245
Number of hospice locations | location | 83
Number of hospitals or agencies operated as a joint venture | 1
Number of solely owned hospital based home health and hospice locations | location | 320
Number of jointly owned hospital based home health and hospice locations | location | 8
Minimum | Inpatient Rehabilitation |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Joint venture ownership percentage | 50.00%
Minimum | Home Health and Hospice |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Joint venture ownership percentage | 50.00%
Maximum | Inpatient Rehabilitation |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Joint venture ownership percentage | 97.50%
Maximum | Home Health and Hospice |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Joint venture ownership percentage | 81.00%

X
- Definition Joint venture ownership percentage + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ehc_Jointventureownershippercentage
Namespace Prefix: | ehc_
Data Type: | num:percentItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Total number of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals owned and operated as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ehc_NumberOfInpatientRehabilitationHospitals
Namespace Prefix: | ehc_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of inpatient rehabilitation units under management contracts with the Company as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ehc_NumberOfInpatientRehabilitationUnitsUnderManagementContracts
Namespace Prefix: | ehc_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of Joint Ventures Accounted for Using the Equity Method + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ehc_NumberofJointVenturesAccountedforUsingtheEquityMethod
Namespace Prefix: | ehc_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of home health locations the Company owns and operates as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ehc_Numberofhomehealthlocations
Namespace Prefix: | ehc_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of hospice locations the Company owns and operates as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ehc_Numberofhospicelocations
Namespace Prefix: | ehc_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of jointly owned hospital based home health and hospice agencies the Company owns and operates as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ehc_Numberofjointlyownedhospitalbasedhomehealthandhospicelocations
Namespace Prefix: | ehc_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Total number of jointly owned inpatient rehabilitation hospitals owned and operated as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ehc_Numberofjointlyownedinpatientrehabilitationhospitals
Namespace Prefix: | ehc_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of solely owned hospital based home health and hospice agencies the Company owns and operates as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ehc_Numberofsolelyownedhospitalbasedhomehealthandhospicelocations
Namespace Prefix: | ehc_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Total number of solely owned inpatient rehabilitation hospitals owned and operated as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ehc_Numberofsolelyownedinpatientrehabilitationhospitals
Namespace Prefix: | ehc_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_NumberOfStatesInWhichEntityOperates
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_SegmentReportingInformationLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=ehc_InpatientRehabilitationSegmentMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=ehc_HomeHealthandHospiceSegmentMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | srt_RangeAxis=srt_MinimumMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | srt_RangeAxis=srt_MaximumMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |