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SEC Schedule, Article 12-09, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
SEC Schedule, 12-09, Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure | DAVITA INC. SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
|  | Balance at beginning of year |  | Acquisitions |  | Amounts charged to income |  | Amounts written off |  | Balance at end of year
Description |  |  |  |  |
|  | (dollars in thousands)
Allowance for uncollectible accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2021 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Year ended December 31, 2020 |  | $ | 8,328 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 13,458 |  |  | $ | 21,786 |  |  | $ | — |
Year ended December 31, 2019 |  | $ | 52,924 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 21,715 |  |  | $ | 66,311 |  |  | $ | 8,328 |

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