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Retirement Plans (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]  
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosures
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Plan expense
 
$
148

 
$
132

 
$
132

Expense funded with Stryker common stock
 
20

 
18

 
16

Stryker common stock held by plan
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Dollar amount
 
203

 
198

 
150

  Shares (in millions of shares)
 
2.2

 
2.1

 
2.0

  Value as a percentage of total plan assets
 
11
%
 
11
%
 
9
%
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures
 
 
2015
 
2014
Funded status
 
 
 
 
Fair value of plan assets
 
$
289

 
$
310

Benefit obligations
 
(529
)
 
(570
)
Funded status
 
$
(240
)
 
$
(260
)
Reported as:
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities—accrued compensation
 
$
(1
)
 
$
(1
)
Noncurrent liabilities—other liabilities
 
(239
)
 
(259
)
Pre-tax amounts recognized in AOCI
 
 
 
 
Unrecognized net actuarial loss
 
(155
)
 
(195
)
Unrecognized prior service cost
 
13

 
15

Total
 
$
(142
)
 
$
(180
)
Schedule of Changes in Accumulated Postemployment Benefit Obligations
 
 
2015
 
2014
Beginning Projected benefit obligations
 
$
570

 
$
456

Service cost
 
36

 
26

Interest cost
 
10

 
13

Foreign exchange impact
 
(43
)
 
(43
)
Employee contributions
 
6

 
6

Actuarial (gains) losses
 
(21
)
 
134

Plan amendments
 
—

 
(5
)
Acquisitions
 
—

 
5

Benefits paid
 
(29
)
 
(22
)
Ending Projected benefit obligations
 
$
529

 
$
570

Ending Accumulated benefit obligations
 
$
505

 
$
533
Schedule of Changes in Fair Value of Plan Assets
 
 
2015
 
2014
Beginning Fair value of plan assets
 
$
310

 
$
281

Actual return
 
2

 
46

Employer contributions
 
16

 
18

Employee contributions
 
6

 
6

Foreign exchange impact
 
(18
)
 
(24
)
Acquisition
 
—

 
3

Benefits paid
 
(27
)
 
(20
)
Ending Fair value of plan assets
 
$
289

 
$
310

 
Level
 
2015
1
2
3
Total
Cash and cash equivalents
$
6

$
—

$
—

$
6

Equity securities
67

22

—

89

Corporate debt securities
135

—

—

135

Other
19

9

31

59

Total
$
227

$
31

$
31

$
289

2014
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
6

$
—

$
—

$
6

Equity securities
99

26

—

125

Corporate debt securities
121

—

—

121

Other
17

8

33

58

Total
$
243

$
34

$
33

$
310
Schedule of Costs of Retirement Plans
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Net periodic benefit cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
 
$
(36
)
 
$
(26
)
 
$
(30
)
Interest cost
 
(10
)
 
(13
)
 
(13
)
Expected return on plan assets
 
11

 
10

 
10

Amortization of prior service cost and transition amount
 
1

 
1

 
1

Recognized actuarial loss
 
(13
)
 
(7
)
 
(8
)
Net periodic benefit cost
 
$
(47
)
 
$
(35
)
 
$
(40
)
Changes in assets and benefit obligations recognized in OCI:
Net actuarial gain (loss)
 
$
26

 
$
(88
)
 
$
28

Recognized net actuarial loss
 
13

 
7

 
8

Prior service cost and transition amount
 
(1
)
 
4

 
(1
)
Total recognized in OCI
 
$
38

 
$
(77
)
 
$
35

Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and OCI
 
$
(9
)
 
$
(112
)
 
$
(5
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assumptions
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average rates used to determine net periodic benefit cost:
Discount rate
 
2.0
%
 
3.2
%
 
2.9
%
Expected return on plan assets
 
4.0
%
 
3.7
%
 
3.7
%
Rate of compensation increase
 
2.9
%
 
2.9
%
 
3.0
%
Weighted-average discount rate used to determine projected benefit obligations
 
2.1
%
 
2.0
%
 
3.2
%
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets
 
2015
 
2014
 
Target
 
Actual
 
Actual
Equity securities
29
%
 
31
%
 
30
%
Debt securities
50

 
48

 
48

Other
21

 
21

 
22

Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
Schedule of Effect of Significant Unobservable Inputs, Changes in Plan Assets
 
 
2015
 
2014
Balance on January 1
 
$
33

 
$
22

Actual return on plan assets held at the reporting date
 
(2
)
 
11

Balance on December 31
 
$
31

 
$
33
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2020
 
2021-2025
$
14

 
$
14

 
$
13

 
$
14

 
$
13

 
$
77