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Effects of Changes in DaVita Inc's Ownership Interest on Company's Equity (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items] |  |
Net (loss) income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. | $ (110,617)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | $ 183,289 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net transfers to noncontrolling interests |  | 291 us-gaap_MinorityInterestPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Net (loss) income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., net of transfers to noncontrolling interests | (110,617)dva_NetIncomeAttributableToParentNetOfTransfersToNoncontrollingInterests | 183,580 dva_NetIncomeAttributableToParentNetOfTransfersToNoncontrollingInterests
Additional paid-in capital |  |
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items] |  |
Increase in paid-in capital for sales of noncontrolling interests |  | 81 dva_IncreaseDecreaseInPaidInCapitalForSalesOfNoncontrollingInterests / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalMember
Increase in paid-in capital for the purchase of noncontrolling interests and adjustments to ownership interest |  | $ 210 dva_MinorityInterestIncreaseDecreaseFromDistributionsReturnOfCapitalAndOtherChangesToNoncontrollingInterestHolders / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalMember

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