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<TYPE>5
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<FILENAME>dec2001.txt
<DESCRIPTION>C. RAYMOND LARKIN'S FORM 5 (DECEMBER 2001)
<TEXT>
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Larkin, Jr., C. Raymond
   21250 Hawthorne Boulevard, Suite 800
   Torrance, CA 90503
   USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   DaVita Inc. (DVA)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
   2001
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   (X) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
<CAPTION>
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security             |2. Trans- |3. Trans-    |4. Securities Acquired (A)   |5. Amount of    |6. Owner-  |7. Nature   |
|                                 |   action |   action    |   or Disposed of (D)        |   Securities   |   ship    |   of In-   |
|                                 |   Date   |   Code      |                             |   Beneficially |   Form:   |   direct   |
|                                 |          |             |                             |   Owned at     |   Direct  |   Bene-    |
|                                 |  (Month/ |             |                             |   End of       |   (D) or  |   ficial   |
|                                 |   Day/   |             +-----------+------+----------+   Year         |   Indirect|   Owner-   |
|                                 |   Year)  |             |Amount     |A/D   |Price     |                |   (I)     |   ship     |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
<S>                                <C>        <C>           <C>         <C>    <C>        <C>              <C>         <C>
Common Stock                       09/30/2001 A <F1>        270         A      $0.0000                     D
Common Stock                       12/31/2001 A <F2>        224         A      $0.0000    494              D
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
<CAPTION>
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1.           |2.      |3.        |4.       |5.         |6.                   |7.              |8.        |9.      |10.    |11.    |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Number  |Owner- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |of      |ship   |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Deriv-  |Form of|       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |Title and Amount|          |ative   |Deriv- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |of Underlying   |          |Secur-  |ative  |Nature |
|             |Conver- |          |         |Number of  |                     |Securities      |          |ities   |Secur- |of     |
|             |sion or |          |         |Derivative |Date Exercisable     +-------+--------+          |Benefi- |ity:   |In-    |
|             |Exercise|          |         |Securities |and Expiration Date  |       |Amount  |          |cially  |Direct |direct |
|             |Price of|Transac-  |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year)     |       |or      |          |Owned   |(D) or |Bene-  |
|Title of     |Deriv-  |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+       |Number  |Price of  |at End  |In-    |ficial |
|Derivative   |ative   |(Month/   |         +-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira-   |       |of      |Derivative|of      |direct |Owner- |
|Security     |Security|Day/Year) |         |(A)  |(D)  |cisable   |tion Date |Title  |Shares  |Security  |Year    |(I)    |ship   |
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
<S>            <C>      <C>        <C>       <C>   <C>   <C>        <C>        <C>     <C>      <C>        <C>      <C>     <C>
Stock Options  $19.23   06/05/2001 A <F3>    18000       06/05/2002 06/05/2006 Common  18000    $0.0000    18000    D
(Right to buy)                                           <F4>                  Stock

Explanation of Responses:
<FN>
<F1>
Grant of Restricted Units which will vest on September 30, 2002.
<F2>
Grant of Restricted Units which will vest on December 31, 2002.
<F3>
Nonqualified stock options granted under the First Amended and Restated 1997
Equity Compensation Plan
<F4>
The option vests according to the following schedule: 7,334 shares on June 5,
2002, 7,333 shares on June 5, 2003 and 3,333 shares on June 5, 2004.
</FN>
</TABLE>

SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ C. Raymond Larkin, Jr.

DATE
02/12/2002

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