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Business Segments
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Business Segments
Business Segments
The Company operates in four primary business segments: North America/Home Medical Equipment (North America/HME), Institutional Products Group (IPG), Europe and Asia/Pacific. The North America/HME segment sells each of three primary product lines, which includes: lifestyle, mobility and seating and respiratory therapy products. IPG sells or rents long-term care medical equipment, health care furnishings and accessory products. Europe and Asia/Pacific sell product lines similar to North America/HME and IPG.
The Company evaluates performance and allocates resources based on profit or loss from operations before income taxes for each reportable segment. The accounting policies of each segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies for the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Intersegment sales and transfers are based on the costs to manufacture plus a reasonable profit element. Therefore, intercompany profit or loss on intersegment sales and transfers is not considered in evaluating segment performance except for Asia/Pacific due to its significant intercompany sales volume relative to the segment. The information by segment is as follows (in thousands): 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Revenues from external customers
 
 
 
North America/HME
$
125,164

 
$
124,542

Institutional Products Group
23,914

 
25,136

Europe
129,001

 
142,768

Asia/Pacific
10,945

 
12,055

Consolidated
$
289,024

 
$
304,501

Intersegment revenues
 
 
 
North America/HME
$
23,862

 
$
18,573

Institutional Products Group
146

 
1,573

Europe
2,515

 
1,682

Asia/Pacific
6,318

 
6,192

Consolidated
$
32,841

 
$
28,020

Restructuring charges before income taxes
 
 
 
North America/HME
$
199

 
$
803

Institutional Products Group
—

 
1,059

Europe
40

 
378

Asia/Pacific
1

 
—

Consolidated
$
240

 
$
2,240

Earnings (loss) before income taxes
 
 
 
North America/HME
$
(8,830
)
 
$
(17,918
)
Institutional Products Group
1,298

 
(251
)
Europe
7,524

 
9,246

Asia/Pacific
(1,242
)
 
(2,801
)
All Other (1)
(3,789
)
 
(5,146
)
Consolidated
$
(5,039
)
 
$
(16,870
)
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(1)
Consists of un-allocated corporate SG&A costs and intercompany profits, which do not meet the quantitative criteria for determining reportable segments.