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Goodwill, Impaired, Method for Fair Value Determination, Terminal Growth Rate

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount after tax of loss recognized that results from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Goodwill Impairment Charges (Details)	3 Months Ended
Goodwill Impairment Charges (Details)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) reporting_unit	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Goodwill [Line Items]
Pretax goodwill impairment charges	$ 0	$ 570,000,000
Goodwill	9,441,000,000		$ 9,358,000,000
European Pharmaceutical Solutions
Goodwill [Line Items]
Pretax goodwill impairment charges		570,000,000
After-tax goodwill impairment		$ 570,000,000
Number of reporting units \| reporting_unit		2
Goodwill	$ 40,000,000		$ 0
European Pharmaceutical Solutions \| Pharmaceutical Distributions Reporting Unit
Goodwill [Line Items]
Pretax goodwill impairment charges		$ 238,000,000
After-tax goodwill impairment		$ 238,000,000
Discount rate (percent)		8.00%
Terminal growth rate (percent)		1.25%
European Pharmaceutical Solutions \| Retail Pharmacy Reporting Unit
Goodwill [Line Items]
Pretax goodwill impairment charges		$ 332,000,000
After-tax goodwill impairment		$ 332,000,000
Discount rate (percent)		8.50%
Terminal growth rate (percent)		1.25%