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Component: (Network and Table)
Network
100440 - Disclosure - Inventories (Detail)
(http://www.baxter.com/20161231/taxonomy/role/DisclosureInventoriesDetail)
Table(Implied)
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000010456 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-12-31
2015-12-31
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
 
 
Raw materials
319,000,000  
374,000,000  
Work in process
122,000,000  
142,000,000  
Finished goods
989,000,000  
1,088,000,000  
Inventories
1,430,000,000  
 
1,604,000,000