Accrued Expenses and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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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):

	2016		2015
Professional liability risks	$	391	$	350
Interest		409		365
Taxes other than income		283		277
Other		952		888
	$	2,035	$	1,880

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, 2014	$	5,488	$	3,169	$	(3,646	)	$	5,011
Year ended December 31, 2015		5,011		3,913		(3,598	)		5,326
Year ended December 31, 2016		5,326		3,257		(3,595	)		4,988