Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
December 31, 2017	$ 4,175.4
Currency translation adjustments	34.1
March 31, 2018	4,209.5
CHCA
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
December 31, 2017	1,847.4
Currency translation adjustments	1.7
March 31, 2018	1,849.1
CHCI
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
December 31, 2017	1,205.7
Currency translation adjustments	32.7
March 31, 2018	1,238.4
RX
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
December 31, 2017	1,122.3
Currency translation adjustments	(0.3)
March 31, 2018	$ 1,122.0

Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6388280&loc=d3e13770-109266

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77989000&loc=SL49117168-202975

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