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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 01, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2015 | May 09, 2014
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired | $ 319,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | $ 168,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired |  |  |
Cordis |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Binding Offer Date |  |  | Mar. 01, 2015 |  |
Binding Offer Payment to Acquire Business |  |  | 1,900,000,000 cah_BindingOfferPaymenttoAcquireBusiness / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_CordisMember |  |
Debt Instrument, Expected Face Amount | 1,000,000,000 cah_FutureDebtInstrumentExpectedFaceAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_CordisMember |  |  | 1,000,000,000 cah_FutureDebtInstrumentExpectedFaceAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_CordisMember |
Bridge Loan | 1,000,000,000 us-gaap_BridgeLoan / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_CordisMember |  |  | 1,000,000,000 us-gaap_BridgeLoan / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_CordisMember |
Number of Countries in which Entity Operates | 50 us-gaap_NumberOfCountriesInWhichEntityOperates / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_CordisMember |  |  | 50 us-gaap_NumberOfCountriesInWhichEntityOperates / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_CordisMember |
Principal Countries | 20 cah_PrincipalCountries / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_CordisMember |  |  | 20 cah_PrincipalCountries / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_CordisMember |
Transaction & Integration Costs | 24,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_CordisMember |  |  | 21,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_CordisMember |
AccessClosure |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition |  |  |  |  | May 09, 2014
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired |  |  |  |  | $ 320,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = cah_AccessClosureMember

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- Definition Short-Term financing which is expected to be paid back relatively quickly, such as by a subsequent longer-term loan. Also called swing loan or bridge financing. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(a)(1)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 16 -Article 7 + Details
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