Accounts receivable net greater than sixty days Past due.

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Liability for Claims Paid Under Commercially Insured Coverage

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Loss Contingency, Estimate of Possible Loss, Maximum Insurance Deductible

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Loss Contingency Estimate Of Possible Loss Minimum Insurance Deductible

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Percentage of Insurance Deductible

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Percentage of Liability for Claims Paid Under Commercially Insured Coverage

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Self Insured Amount Per Occurrence

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Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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The fair value of financial liabilities, which are not recognized in the financial statements (off-balance sheet) because they fail to meet some other criterion for recognition.

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The amount of estimated liability as of the balance sheet date for the specific conflagration, earthquake, windstorm, explosion, or similar event.

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The cash inflow associated with the collection of other receivables not otherwise defined in the taxonomy.

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Carrying amount (including both current and noncurrent portions) of accrued known and estimated losses incurred as of the balance sheet date for which no insurance coverage exists, and for which a claim has been made or is probable of being asserted, typically arising from workmen's compensation-type of incidents and personal injury to nonemployees from accidents on the entity's property.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations and payables pertaining to claims incurred of a workers compensation nature. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)											1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Nov. 15, 2010	Mar. 31, 2013 Puerto Rico	Mar. 31, 2013 Illinois	Dec. 31, 2012 Illinois	Mar. 31, 2013 Self Insurance Programs	Mar. 31, 2013 Other debt and public utility guarantees	Mar. 31, 2013 Earthquake	Mar. 31, 2013 Earthquake United States	Apr. 30, 2013 Due from Illinois Illinois	Nov. 15, 2010 Maximum	Mar. 31, 2013 Maximum Wind Storms	Mar. 31, 2013 Maximum Earthquake United States	Mar. 31, 2013 Maximum Flood Location 2	Mar. 31, 2013 Maximum Flood Location 1	Nov. 15, 2010 Minimum	Mar. 31, 2013 Minimum Location 2	Mar. 31, 2013 Minimum Location 1	Mar. 31, 2013 Minimum Wind Storms	Mar. 31, 2013 Minimum Earthquake United States	Nov. 15, 2010 Subsidiaries Maximum	Jan. 01, 2008 Subsidiaries Minimum	Mar. 31, 2013 Psychiatric Solutions Inc Maximum	Mar. 31, 2013 Psychiatric Solutions Inc Maximum General and Professional Liability Insurance Policies [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Psychiatric Solutions Inc Minimum	Mar. 31, 2013 Legacy Subsidiaries Maximum General and Professional Liability Insurance Policies [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Behavioral Health Facilities Acquired from Ascend Health Corporation [Member] General and Professional Liability Insurance Policies [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Behavioral Health Facilities Acquired from Ascend Health Corporation [Member] Commercial Property Insurance Policies [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Behavioral Health Facilities Acquired from Ascend Health Corporation [Member] Maximum General and Professional Liability Insurance Policies [Member]	Oct. 30, 2012 Behavioral Health Facilities Acquired from Ascend Health Corporation [Member] Maximum General and Professional Liability Insurance Policies [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Self-insured for professional and general liability	$ 284,000,000	$ 279,000,000																					$ 10,000,000	$ 75,000,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 10,000,000			$ 20,000,000
Purchased several excess policies through commercial insurance carriers per occurrence																						200,000,000									200,000,000
Percentage of liability for claims paid under commercially insured coverage			10.00%
Liability for claims paid under commercially insured coverage												60,000,000					10,000,000
Minimum insurance deductible																		250,000	50,000									10,000	10,000
Self-insured for professional and general liability, current	48,000,000	48,000,000
Workers' compensation liability claims	66,000,000	35,000,000
Commercial property insurance policies covering catastrophic losses				25,000,000					250,000,000	100,000,000			1,000,000
Percentage of insurance deductible													5.00%	5.00%						3.00%	1.00%
Maximum insurance deductible															500,000	250,000
Accounts receivable, net	1,149,402,000	1,067,197,000			72,000,000	70,000,000
Accounts receivable net greater than sixty days Past due					46,000,000	51,000,000
Cash received from collection accounts receivables											47,000,000
Off-balance sheet contingent obligation	$ 85,000,000						$ 70,000,000	$ 15,000,000