Supplemental Financial Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Supplemental Financial Information

Components of long-term investments

	2014		2013
	(in millions)
Long-term Investments:
Equity securities	$	212	$	93
Other		17		26
Total	$	229	$	119

Other Accrued Liabilities

	2014		2013
	(in millions)
Other Accrued Liabilities:
Accrued rebates payable to government agencies	$	88	$	136
Accrued other rebates (a)		239		220
All other (b)		2,616		3,144
Total	$	2,943	$	3,500

(a)	Accrued wholesaler chargeback rebates of $50 million and $90 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, are netted in trade receivables because Abbott's customers are invoiced at a higher catalog price but only remit to Abbott their contract price for the products.
(b)	2013 includes acquisition consideration payable of approximately $400 million related primarily to the acquisition of Piramal Healthcare Limited's Healthcare Solutions business.

Post employment Obligations and Other Long term Liabilities

	2014		2013
	(in millions)
Post-employment Obligations and Other Long-term Liabilities:
Defined benefit pension plans and post-employment medical and dental plans for significant plans	$	2,875	$	1,818
Deferred income taxes		860		466
All other (c)		1,853		2,500
Total	$	5,588	$	4,784
c

(c) 2014 includes $1.3 billion of gross unrecognized tax benefits, as well as approximately $220 million of acquisition consideration payable. 2013 includes $1.3 billion of gross unrecognized tax benefits, as well as $70 million of acquisition consideration payable.