Percent of initial number of shares received under accelerated share repurchase agreement.

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Description of the nature of the settlement (cash or stock) of the accelerated share repurchases agreement.

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The price paid per share to immediately purchase the targeted number of shares on the date of executing the accelerated share repurchase agreement.

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Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average expected volatility of stock price.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury.

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Equity and Earnings Per Share buyback (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 10, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Feb. 29, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Oct. 26, 2016	Sep. 14, 2015
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Fair Value Assumptions, Weighted Average Volatility Rate			1.00%
PercentOfSharesReceivedUnderASR			80.00%		80.00%
Accelerated Share Repurchases, Cash or Stock Settlement		160
Fair Value Assumptions, Weighted Average Volatility Rate			3750.00%
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term			4 months 24 days
FY2016StockRepurchasePlan [Member] [Member] [Domain]
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount							$ 200.0
Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired	0.9			3.2	2.3
Accelerated Share Repurchases, Initial Price Paid Per Share					$ 70.35
FY2017StockRepurchasePlan [Member] [Domain] [Domain]
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount						$ 200.0
Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired					2.8
Accelerated Share Repurchases, Initial Price Paid Per Share			$ 57.51
Health Advances Acquisition [Member]
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Fair Value Assumptions, Weighted Average Volatility Rate			1.00%
Fair Value Assumptions, Weighted Average Volatility Rate	26.00%