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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Schedule of Revenues from Third Party Payers, Uninsured and Other Payers

Our revenues from third-party payers and others (including uninsured patients) for the quarters ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):


	2019		Ratio			2018		Ratio
Medicare	$	2,770		22.1	%	$	2,524		22.1	%
Managed Medicare		1,589		12.7			1,399		12.3
Medicaid		347		2.8			281		2.5
Managed Medicaid		613		4.9			561		4.9
Managed care and insurers		6,426		51.4			6,062		53.1
International (managed care and insurers)		297		2.4			305		2.7
Other		475		3.7			291		2.4

Revenues	$	12,517		100.0	%	$	11,423		100.0	%

Schedule of Estimated Cost of Uncompensated Care

A summary of the estimated cost of total uncompensated care for the quarters ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 follows (dollars in millions):


	2019			2018
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	10,606		$	9,867
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)		11.8	%		12.4	%
Total uncompensated care	$	7,085		$	6,252
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		11.8	%		12.4	%

Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	836		$	775