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Reconciliations of Numerators and Denominators Used to Calculate Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Basic:    
Net (loss) income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. $ (110,617)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 183,289us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Weighted average shares outstanding during the period 215,581,000dva_WeightedAverageNumberBasicSharesOutstandingAdjustment 213,564,000dva_WeightedAverageNumberBasicSharesOutstandingAdjustment
Vested stock units   5,000dva_StockIssuedOrVestedDuringPeriodSharesStockAwards
Contingently returnable shares held in escrow for the DaVita HealthCare Partners merger (2,194,000)us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesContingentlyIssuable (2,194,000)us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesContingentlyIssuable
Weighted average shares for basic earnings per share calculation 213,387,253us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 211,375,232us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Basic net (loss) income per share attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. $ (0.52)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.87us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted:    
Net (loss) income attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. $ (110,617)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToParentDiluted $ 183,289us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToParentDiluted
Weighted average shares outstanding during the period 215,581,000dva_WeightedAverageNumberBasicSharesOutstandingAdjustment 213,564,000dva_WeightedAverageNumberBasicSharesOutstandingAdjustment
Vested stock units   5,000dva_StockIssuedOrVestedDuringPeriodSharesStockAwards
Contingently returnable shares held in escrow for the DaVita HealthCare Partners merger (2,194,000)us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToContingentlyIssuableShares  
Assumed incremental shares from stock plans   2,550,000us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements
Weighted average shares for diluted earnings per share calculation 213,387,253us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 216,118,922us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Diluted net (loss) income per share attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. $ (0.52)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.85us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Anti-dilutive potential common shares excluded from calculation 5,992,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount [1] 2,999,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount [2]
[1] (1) Shares associated with stock-settled stock appreciation rights and contingently returnable shares that are excluded from the diluted denominator calculation because they are anti-dilutive due to the Company’s net loss.
[2] Shares associated with stock-settled stock appreciation rights that are excluded from the diluted denominator calculation because they are anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method.