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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:      
Net earnings $ 512.6us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 575.4us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 584.8us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:      
Depreciation and amortization 245.5us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 230.1us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 229.8us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Stock compensation 45.7us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 37.3us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 40.7us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
(Gain)/loss on sale of assets (12.5)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment (3.9)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 5.5us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
Accrued interest on zero-coupon subordinated notes 2.0lh_AccretedInterestOnZeroCouponSubordinatedNotes 2.3lh_AccretedInterestOnZeroCouponSubordinatedNotes 2.7lh_AccretedInterestOnZeroCouponSubordinatedNotes
Cumulative earnings less than (in excess of) distributions from equity method investments (5.8)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions (4.2)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions (0.4)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions
Deferred income taxes 27.7us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 56.2us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 53.3us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Change in assets and liabilities (net of effects of acquisitions):      
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable (net) (31.1)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable (67.5)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable 0.6us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable
Increase in inventories (0.3)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories (15.3)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories (6.3)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other (12.9)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets (32.3)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets 7.1us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable (21.2)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable 60.8us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable (30.0)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable
Increase (Decrease) in Accrued Liabilities and Other Operating Liabilities (10.7)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilitiesAndOtherOperatingLiabilities (20.2)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilitiesAndOtherOperatingLiabilities (46.4)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilitiesAndOtherOperatingLiabilities
Net cash provided by operating activities 739.0us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities 818.7us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities 841.4us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:      
Capital expenditures (203.5)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment (202.2)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment (173.8)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Proceeds from sale of assets 1.4us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment 1.1us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment 3.2us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Proceeds from Sale of Equity Method Investments 31.6us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfEquityMethodInvestments 7.5us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfEquityMethodInvestments 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfEquityMethodInvestments
Acquisition of licensing technology 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets (2.5)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets
Investments in equity affiliates (20.2)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments (6.5)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments (26.0)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired (159.4)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired (159.5)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired (335.1)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
Net cash used for investing activities (350.1)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities (359.6)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities (534.2)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:      
Proceeds from senior notes offerings 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 700.0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 1,000.0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt
Proceeds from revolving credit facilities 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit 412.0us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit 305.0us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit
Payments on revolving credit facilities 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermLinesOfCredit (412.0)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermLinesOfCredit (865.0)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermLinesOfCredit
Payments on zero-coupon subordinated notes (18.9)lh_PaymentsOnZeroCouponSubordinatedNotes (21.5)lh_PaymentsOnZeroCouponSubordinatedNotes (8.2)lh_PaymentsOnZeroCouponSubordinatedNotes
Payments on long-term debt 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherLongTermDebt (350.0)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherLongTermDebt 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherLongTermDebt
Payment of debt issuance costs (24.1)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts (9.3)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts (8.9)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts
Repayments of Long-term Capital Lease Obligations (1.4)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermCapitalLeaseObligations (0.4)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermCapitalLeaseObligations 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermCapitalLeaseObligations
Noncontrolling interest distributions (1.2)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest (0.9)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest (1.2)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest
Excess tax benefits from stock based compensation 5.9us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 11.0us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 8.2us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities
Net proceeds from issuance of stock to employees 114.8lh_NetProceedsFromIssuanceOfStockToEmployees 174.0lh_NetProceedsFromIssuanceOfStockToEmployees 85.8lh_NetProceedsFromIssuanceOfStockToEmployees
Purchase of common stock (269.0)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (1,015.6)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (516.5)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Net cash used for financing activities (200.6)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities (518.3)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities (0.8)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
Deferred payments on acquisitions 6.7lh_DeferredPaymentsOnAcquisitions 5.6lh_DeferredPaymentsOnAcquisitions 0lh_DeferredPaymentsOnAcquisitions
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (12.3)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents (3.6)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents 1.1us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 176.0us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (62.8)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease 307.5us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 404.0us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 466.8us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 580.0us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 404.0us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 466.8us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue