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Health care costs payable (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Health Care Organizations [Abstract] |
Components of Changes in Health Care Costs Payable | The following table shows the components of changes in the health care costs payable for the three months ended March 31, 2015:
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|  | March 31, 2015 |
Health care costs payable, beginning of the period |  | $ | 214,405 |
Add: Components of incurred health care costs |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  | 388,041 |
Prior years |  |  | (1,111 | )
Total incurred health care costs |  |  | 386,930 |
Less: Claims paid |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  | 244,136 |
Prior years |  |  | 173,378 |
Total claims paid |  |  | 417,514 |
Health care costs payable, end of the period |  | $ | 183,821 |

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