Exhibit 11.1(a)



                 Renal Treatment Centers, Inc. and Subsidiaries
          COMPUTATION OF PRIMARY AND FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
                      for the quarter ended March 31, 1996


 
 
                                                                Three Months Ended       
                                                                  March 31, 1996


                                                          Primary          Fully Diluted
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Net income                                                 $3,158,054         $3,158,054 
Add back interest on note, tax effected                            --             67,665 
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Net income available to common stockholders                $3,158,054         $3,225,719 
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding              23,554,165         23,554,165 
                                                                                         
Weighted average number of maximum shares subject                                        
  to exercise under outstanding stock options               1,349,743          1,349,743 
                                                                                         
Weighted average shares assumed issued upon conversion                                   
  of note                                                          --            661,501 
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                                                           24,903,908         25,565,409 
Less treasury shares assumed purchased with proceeds                                     
 from assumed exercise of outstanding common stock                                       
 options                                                      625,473            583,641
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Weighted average number of common and common stock         24,278,435         24,981,768 
     equivalents outstanding                                                             
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Net income per common and common stock equivalent               $0.13              $0.13
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                                                                Exhibit 11.1



                 Renal Treatment Centers, Inc. and Subsidiaries
          COMPUTATION OF PRIMARY AND FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
                      for the quarter ended March 31, 1995


 
 
                                                                Three Months Ended
                                                                  March 31, 1995

                                                          Primary          Fully Diluted
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Net income                                                 $2,033,169         $2,033,169
Add back interest on note, tax effected                            --             74,357
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Net income available to common stockholders                $2,033,169         $2,107,526
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding              21,098,552         21,098,552
 
Weighted average number of maximum share subject
  to exercise under outstanding stock options               1,168,198          1,168,198
 
Weighted average shares assumed issued upon conversion      
  of note                                                          --            712,024
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                                                           22,266,750         22,978,774
 
Less treasury shares assumed purchased with proceeds       
 from assumed exercise of outstanding common stock         
 options                                                      735,150            651,854
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Weighted average number of common and common stock         21,531,600         22,326,920 
     equivalents outstanding                                                             
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Net income per common and common stock equivalent               $0.09              $0.09 
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