Annual Recurring Compensation to NCI Under Domination Agreement, Per Share

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Consolidation Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary Parent Ownership Interest Changes Purchase Of Interest By Parent Common Shares

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Consolidation, Less Than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Purchase Of Interest By Parent, Consideration Paid

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Guaranteed dividend to noncontrolling interest shareholders

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Reclassifications into temporary equity

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Recurring Compensation to Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests

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Maximum redemption value of redeemable noncontrolling interests

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Represents the purchase by the parent of an additional equity interest in a subsidiary during the period, thereby effecting a change in total (consolidated) equity attributable to the parent. The purchase of the additional equity interest represented by this element increases the parent's controlling interest in the subsidiary.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Amount of Net Income (Loss) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest.

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As of the reporting date, the carrying amount of noncontrolling interests which are redeemable by the (parent) entity (1) at a fixed or determinable price on a fixed or determinable date, (2) at the option of the holder of the noncontrolling interest, or (3) upon occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the (parent) entity. The noncontrolling interest holder's ownership (or holders' ownership) may be in the form of common shares (regardless of class), limited partnership units (regardless of class), non-preferential membership interests, or any other form of common equity regardless of investee entity legal form.

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Noncontrolling Interests Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Narrative) (Details) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Celesio [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Celesio [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Celesio [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Celesio [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Celesio [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2014 Celesio [Member] USD ($)
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Guaranteed dividend amount			$ 12,000,000		$ 50,000,000
RNCI, recurring compensation per share							€ 0.83
Net income attributable to redeemable NCI						62,000,000
Reclassification from permanent to temporary equity					1,500,000,000	1,500,000,000
RNCI shares acquired, cash paid			8,000,000	32,000,000
RNCI shares acquired			0.3	1.0
NCI change from shares acquired	(62,000,000)		(9,000,000)	(35,000,000)
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests	1,386,000,000	0	1,400,000,000			1,400,000,000		0
RNCI, redemption value			1,200,000,000			1,200,000,000
Recurring compensation to redeemable NCI			$ 12,000,000
RNCI ownership interest, parent			76.00%			76.00%		75.40%