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Number of Hospitals Operated by Entity

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Number of Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinics Operated by Entity

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Sale Of Stock, Proposed Price Per Share

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Total number of common shares of an entity that have been sold or granted to shareholders (includes common shares that were issued, repurchased and remain in the treasury). These shares represent capital invested by the firm's shareholders and owners, and may be all or only a portion of the number of shares authorized. Shares issued include shares outstanding and shares held in the treasury.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Organization and Significant Accounting Policies - Business Description (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2025 state clinic hospital business_segment shares	Nov. 24, 2025 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2024 shares	Nov. 25, 2024 shares
Segment information
Number of states in which the entity had operations \| state	39
Number of business segments \| business_segment	3
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	124,017,191		128,962,850
Minimum
Segment information
Sale of stock, proposed price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 16.00
Maximum
Segment information
Sale of stock, proposed price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 16.20
Concentra Shareholders
Segment information
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)				104,093,503
Number of Concentra shares issued for each outstanding share of Company common stock (in shares)				0.806971
Critical Illness Recovery Hospital
Segment information
Number of facilities operated by the entity \| hospital	104
Rehabilitation Hospital
Segment information
Number of facilities operated by the entity \| hospital	38
Outpatient Rehabilitation
Segment information
Number of outpatient rehabilitation clinics operated by entity \| clinic	1,917