Accrued Expenses and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

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Accrued Expenses and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

NOTE 16 — ACCRUED EXPENSES AND ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

A summary of other accrued expenses at December 31 follows (dollars in millions):

	2013		2012
Professional liability risks	$	331	$	324
Interest		392		409
Taxes other than income		252		235
Legal claim costs		189		175
Other		749		706
	$	1,913	$	1,849

A summary of activity for the allowance of doubtful accounts follows (dollars in millions):

	Balance at Beginning of Year		Provision for Doubtful Accounts		Accounts Written off, Net of Recoveries			Balance at End of Year
Allowance for doubtful accounts:
Year ended December 31, 2011	$	3,939	$	2,824	$	(2,657	)	$	4,106
Year ended December 31, 2012		4,106		3,770		(3,030	)		4,846
Year ended December 31, 2013		4,846		3,858		(3,216	)		5,488