Accrued Expenses and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

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Accrued Expenses and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

NOTE 16 — ACCRUED EXPENSES AND ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

A summary of other accrued expenses at December 31 follows (dollars in millions):

	2014		2013
Professional liability risks	$	329	$	330
Interest		357		392
Taxes other than income		255		252
Other		796		939
	$	1,737	$	1,913

A summary of activity for the allowance of doubtful accounts follows (dollars in millions):

	Balance at Beginning of Year		Provision for Doubtful Accounts		Accounts Written off, Net of Recoveries			Balance at End of Year
Allowance for doubtful accounts:
Year ended December 31, 2012	$	4,106	$	3,770	$	(3,030	)	$	4,846
Year ended December 31, 2013		4,846		3,858		(3,216	)		5,488
Year ended December 31, 2014		5,488		3,169		(3,646	)		5,011