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Earnings Per Share Data ("EPS") And Stock Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Earnings Per Share Data ("EPS") And Stock Based Compensation [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Computation Of Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Share |
|  | Three months ended September 30, |  |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | (amounts in thousands) |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Basic and Diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to UHS |  | $ | 85,054 |  |  | $ | 55,610 |  |  | $ | 302,896 |  |  | $ | 193,001 |
Less: Net income attributable to unvested restricted share grants |  |  | (165 | ) |  |  | (233 | ) |  |  | (440 | ) |  |  | (826 | )
Net income attributable to UHS – basic and diluted |  | $ | 84,889 |  |  | $ | 55,377 |  |  | $ | 302,456 |  |  | $ | 192,175 |
Weighted average number of common shares - basic |  |  | 97,397 |  |  |  | 96,777 |  |  |  | 97,447 |  |  |  | 96,673 |
Net effect of dilutive stock options and grants based on the treasury stock method |  |  | 1,201 |  |  |  | 1,158 |  |  |  | 1,461 |  |  |  | 1,140 |
Weighted average number of common shares and equivalents - diluted |  |  | 98,598 |  |  |  | 97,935 |  |  |  | 98,908 |  |  |  | 97,813 |
Earnings per basic share attributable to UHS: |  | $ | .87 |  |  | $ | 0.57 |  |  | $ | 3.10 |  |  | $ | 1.99 |
Earnings per diluted share attributable to UHS: |  | $ | .86 |  |  | $ | 0.57 |  |  | $ | 3.06 |  |  | $ | 1.96 |

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