Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Segment Information to Consolidated Financial Information

	Year Ended September 30
	2017			2016			2015
Revenue:
Patient Support Systems	$	1,423.9		$	1,437.2		$	1,426.6
Front Line Care	885.3			809.7			139.0
Surgical Solutions	434.5			408.3			422.6
Total revenue	$	2,743.7		$	2,655.2		$	1,988.2
Divisional income:
Patient Support Systems	$	249.6		$	245.2		$	206.5
Front Line Care	231.8			202.1			41.5
Surgical Solutions	42.5			46.2			56.0
Other operating costs:
Non-allocated operating costs, administrative costs, and other	213.1			223.3			179.7
Special charges	37.4			39.9			41.2
Operating profit	273.4			230.3			83.1
Interest expense	(88.9		)	(90.4		)	(18.4		)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	—			(10.8		)	—
Investment income and other, net	(1.5		)	9.2			0.4
Income before income taxes	$	183.0		$	138.3		$	65.1

Schedule of Geographic Information

Geographic data for net revenue and long-lived assets (which consist mainly of property and equipment leased to others) were as follows:

	Year Ended September 30
	2017		2016		2015
Net revenue to unaffiliated customers: (a)
United States	$	1,895.2	$	1,829.4	$	1,273.0
Foreign	848.5		825.8		715.2
Total revenue	$	2,743.7	$	2,655.2	$	1,988.2
Long-lived assets: (b)
United States	$	243.9	$	234.2	$	263.9
Foreign	111.5		115.8		114.5
Total long-lived assets	$	355.4	$	350.0	$	378.4

(a) Net revenue is attributed to geographic areas based on the location of the customer.

(b) Includes property and equipment leased to others.