Supplemental Financial Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019


	December 31,		December 31,
(in millions)	2019		2018
Long-term Investments:
Equity securities	$	836	$	856
Other		47		41
Total	$	883	$	897

Schedule of other accrued liabilities


	December 31,		December 31,
(in millions)	2019		2018
Other Accrued Liabilities:
Accrued rebates payable to government agencies	$	212	$	166
Accrued other rebates (a)		655		608
All other		3,168		3,006
Total	$	4,035	$	3,780

(a)

Accrued wholesaler chargeback rebates of $175 million and $197 million at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, are netted in trade receivables because Abbott’s customers are invoiced at a higher catalog price but only remit to Abbott their contract price for the products.

Schedule of post-employment obligations and other long-term liabilities


	December 31,		December 31,
(in millions)	2019		2018
Post-employment Obligations and Other Long-term Liabilities:
Defined benefit pension plans and post-employment medical and dental plans for significant plans	$	2,817	$	2,040
Deferred income taxes		1,546		2,056
Operating lease liabilities		755		—
All other (b)		3,944		3,984
Total	$	9,062	$	8,080

(b)

2019 includes approximately $580 million of net unrecognized tax benefits, as well as approximately $68 million of acquisition consideration payable. 2018 includes approximately $465 million of net unrecognized tax benefits, as well as approximately $65 million of acquisition consideration payable.