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Revenue Recognition and Valuation Accounts (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
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Schedule of Allowance for Contractual Discounts and Estimated Uncompensated Care as a Percentage of Gross Segment Accounts Receivable | The allowance for contractual discounts and estimated uncompensated care (expressed as a percentage of gross segment accounts receivable) was as follows:
|  | As of |
|  | March 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Allowance for Contractual Discounts |  |  | 56 | % |  |  | 56 | %
Allowance for Uncompensated Care |  |  | 25 | % |  |  | 23 | %

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