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Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Changes In The Carrying Amount Of Goodwill |
|  | Acute Care Services |  |  | Behavioral Health Services |  |  | Total Consolidated |
Balance, January 1, 2010 |  | $ | 389,845 |  |  | $ | 342,840 |  |  | $ | 732,685 |
Goodwill acquired during the period |  |  | 510 |  |  |  | 1,895,276 |  |  |  | 1,895,786 |
Goodwill divested during the period |  |  | (871 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (871 | )
Adjustments to goodwill (a) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (37,686 | ) |  |  | (37,686 | )
Balance, January 1, 2011 |  |  | 389,484 |  |  |  | 2,200,430 |  |  |  | 2,589,914 |
Adjustments to goodwill (b) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 37,688 |  |  |  | 37,688 |
Balance, December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 389,484 |  |  | $ | 2,238,118 |  |  | $ | 2,627,602 |
(a) | The reduction to the Behavioral Health Services' goodwill consists primarily of a reclassification to "assets of facilities held for sale" and represents the goodwill attributable to a legacy facility which we agreed to divest pursuant to our agreement with the Federal Trade Commission.
(b) | Consists of adjustments to prior year purchase price allocations
Schedule Of Amounts Recognized In AOCI |
|  | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Effective Cash Flow Hedges |  |  | Minimum Pension Liability |  |  | Total AOCI |
Balance, January 1, 2010, net of income tax |  | $ | (5,782 | ) |  | $ | (15,471 | ) |  | $ | (21,253 | )
2010 activity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre tax amount |  |  | 1,060 |  |  |  | 743 |  |  |  | 1,803 |
Income tax effect |  |  | (408 | ) |  |  | (281 | ) |  |  | (689 | )
Change, net of income tax |  |  | 652 |  |  |  | 462 |  |  |  | 1,114 |
Balance, December 31, 2010, net of income tax |  |  | (5,130 | ) |  |  | (15,009 | ) |  |  | (20,139 | )
2011 activity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre tax amount |  |  | (37,813 | ) |  |  | (12,397 | ) |  |  | (50,210 | )
Income tax effect |  |  | 14,483 |  |  |  | 4,691 |  |  |  | 19,174 |
Change, net of income tax |  |  | (23,330 | ) |  |  | (7,706 | ) |  |  | (31,036 | )
Balance, December 31, 2011, net of income tax |  | $ | (28,460 | ) |  | $ | (22,715 | ) |  | $ | (51,175 | )
Schedule Of Computation Of Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Share |
|  | Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Basic and diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Income |  | $ | 448,870 |  |  | $ | 275,795 |  |  | $ | 304,247 |
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest |  |  | (50,703 | ) |  |  | (45,612 | ) |  |  | (43,874 | )
Less: Net income attributable to unvested restricted share grants |  |  | (521 | ) |  |  | (918 | ) |  |  | (1,146 | )
Net income attributable to UHS—basic and diluted |  | $ | 397,646 |  |  | $ | 229,265 |  |  | $ | 259,227 |
Basic earnings per share attributable to UHS: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average number of common shares—basic |  |  | 97,199 |  |  |  | 96,786 |  |  |  | 97,794 |
Total basic earnings per share |  | $ | 4.09 |  |  | $ | 2.37 |  |  | $ | 2.65 |
Diluted earnings per share attributable to UHS: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average number of common shares |  |  | 97,199 |  |  |  | 96,786 |  |  |  | 97,794 |
Net effect of dilutive stock options and grants based on the treasury stock method |  |  | 1,338 |  |  |  | 1,187 |  |  |  | 481 |
Weighted average number of common shares and equivalents—diluted |  |  | 98,537 |  |  |  | 97,973 |  |  |  | 98,275 |
Total diluted earnings per share |  | $ | 4.04 |  |  | $ | 2.34 |  |  | $ | 2.64 |

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