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Equity Method and Other Investments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures Disclosure | Equity method and other investments The Company maintains equity method and other minor investments in the private securities of certain other healthcare and healthcare-related businesses, comprised as follows:
| December 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020
APAC joint venture | $ | 109,153 |  |  | $ | 120,787 |
Other equity method partnerships | 115,185 |  |  | 107,599 |
Adjusted cost method and other investments | 14,543 |  |  | 29,105 |
| $ | 238,881 |  |  | $ | 257,491 |
During 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized equity investment income of $26,937, $26,916 and $12,679, respectively, from its equity method investments in nonconsolidated businesses. The Company's largest equity method investment is its ownership interest in DaVita Care Pte. Ltd. (the APAC joint venture, or APAC JV). The Company holds a 75% voting and economic interest in the APAC JV and an unrelated noncontrolling investor holds the other 25% voting and economic interest in the joint venture, however the Company does not control or consolidate the APAC JV as a result of substantive participating rights retained by the unrelated investor over certain key operating decisions for the joint venture. The Company's other equity method investments include 23 legal entities over which the Company has significant influence but in which it does not maintain a controlling financial interest. Almost all of these are U.S. dialysis partnerships in the form of limited liability companies. The Company's ownership interests in these partnerships vary, and are often subject to blocking rights on certain key operating decisions held by outside investors, but mostly range from 30% to 65%. There were no significant impairments or other valuation adjustments on the Company's adjusted cost method and other investments during 2021, 2020 or 2019.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2196965 + Details
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