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Other receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Receivables [Abstract] |
Other Receivables | Other receivables were comprised of the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Supplier rebates and non-trade receivables |  | $ | 316,644 |  |  | $ | 265,693 |
Medicare bad debt claims |  |  | 105,714 |  |  |  | 118,504 |
Operating advances under management and administrative services agreements |  |  | 13,527 |  |  |  | 16,719 |
|  | $ | 435,885 |  |  | $ | 400,916 |

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