Supplemental Financial Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Disclosure Text Block Supplement [Abstract]

Summary of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Activity

The following summarizes the activity related to the allowance for doubtful accounts:

(in millions)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts:
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	288
Provisions/charges to income	51
Amounts charged off and other deductions	(26)
Balance at December 31, 2021	313
Provisions/charges to income	6
Amounts charged off and other deductions	(57)
Balance at December 31, 2022	$	262

Schedule of Long-term Investments

The detail of various balance sheet components is as follows:

(in millions)	December 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Long-term Investments:
Equity securities	$	558	$	748
Other	208		68
Total	$	766	$	816

Schedule of Other Accrued Liabilities

(in millions)	December 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Other Accrued Liabilities:
Accrued rebates payable to government agencies	$	638	$	364
Accrued other rebates (a)	1,087		1,082
All other	4,120		3,735
Total	$	5,845	$	5,181

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(a) Accrued wholesaler chargeback rebates of $234 million and $211 million at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, are netted in trade receivables because Abbott’s customers are invoiced at a higher catalog price but only remit to Abbott their contract price for the products.

Schedule of Post-employment Obligations and Other Long-term Liabilities

(in millions)	December 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Post-employment Obligations and Other Long-term Liabilities:
Defined benefit pension plans and post-employment medical and dental plans for significant plans	$	1,784	$	2,738
Deferred income taxes	991		1,392
Operating lease liabilities	943		956
All other (b)	3,804		3,685
Total	$	7,522	$	8,771

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(b) Includes approximately $850 million and $680 million of net unrecognized tax benefits in 2022 and 2021, respectively.