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  <xsd:element id="cah_QuarterlyPayments" name="QuarterlyPayments" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="cah_ReceivableFinancingAgreementTerm" name="ReceivableFinancingAgreementTerm" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:durationItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="cah_RemainingStockOptionPlanDataTableTextBlock" name="RemainingStockOptionPlanDataTableTextBlock" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="cah_RestructuringPaymentsandOtherAdjustments" name="RestructuringPaymentsandOtherAdjustments" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="cah_ScheduleOfDeferredTaxAssetsAndLiabilitesAfterNettingByTaxJurisdictionTableTextBlock" name="ScheduleOfDeferredTaxAssetsAndLiabilitesAfterNettingByTaxJurisdictionTableTextBlock" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="cah_ScheduleOfFairValueGainLossDerivativeInstrumentTableTextBlock" name="ScheduleOfFairValueGainLossDerivativeInstrumentTableTextBlock" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:textBlockItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="cah_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardTermsofAwardNumberofSharesperAwardIssued" name="SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardTermsofAwardNumberofSharesperAwardIssued" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:sharesItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="cah_ShortTermCreditFacilitiesMember" name="ShortTermCreditFacilitiesMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="cah_SoftwareDevelopmentCostsPharmaceuticalMember" name="SoftwareDevelopmentCostsPharmaceuticalMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="cah_StateOfWestVirginiaVsCardinalHealthIncMember" name="StateOfWestVirginiaVsCardinalHealthIncMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="cah_ThreePointSevenFiveNotesdue2025Member" name="ThreePointSevenFiveNotesdue2025Member" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="cah_ThreeYearAggregateMember" name="ThreeYearAggregateMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="cah_TotalIntangiblesAccumulatedAmortization" name="TotalIntangiblesAccumulatedAmortization" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
  <xsd:element id="cah_TotalIntangiblesGross" name="TotalIntangiblesGross" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="cah_TotalMember" name="TotalMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="cah_TrademarksAndPatentsMember" name="TrademarksAndPatentsMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="cah_TwoYearsAfterCurrentFiscalYearMember" name="TwoYearsAfterCurrentFiscalYearMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="cah_VendorReserves" name="VendorReserves" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="cah_WalgreenCoMember" name="WalgreenCoMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="cah_WaukeganIllinoisPropertyMember" name="WaukeganIllinoisPropertyMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="cah_Weightedaverageeffectivematurity" name="Weightedaverageeffectivematurity" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:durationItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
</xsd:schema>
