Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Business segments

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Business segments
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Business segments Business segments
As noted above, we made changes to our business segments in fiscal year 2019. Since October 1, 2018, we conducted our operations through three business segments: U.S. Health and Human Services, U.S. Federal Services and Outside the U.S.
Our U.S. Health and Human Services Segment provides a variety of business process services such as program administration, appeals and assessments work and related consulting work for U.S. state and local government programs. These services support a variety of programs including the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). We also serve as administrators in state-based welfare-to-work and child support programs.
Our U.S. Federal Services Segment provides business process solutions, including program administration, appeals and assessments services and system and software development and maintenance services for various U.S. federal civilian programs. The segment also contains certain state-based assessments and appeals work that is part of the segment's heritage within the Medicare Appeals portfolio and continues to be managed within this segment.
Our Outside the U.S. Segment provides BPS solutions for governments and commercial clients outside the United States, including health and disability assessments, program administration for welfare-to-work services and other related services. We support programs and deliver services in the United Kingdom, including HAAS, the Work & Health Programme and Fair Start; Australia, including jobactive and the Disability Employment Service; Canada, including Health Insurance British Columbia and the Employment Program of British Columbia; Saudi Arabia and Singapore.
Expenses which are not specifically included in the segments are included in other categories, including amortization of intangible assets, costs incurred in restructuring our U.K. business, the direct costs of acquisitions and the gain on sale of the K-12 Education business. These costs are excluded from measuring each segment's operating performance.
The results of these segments for the three years ended September 30, 2019 are shown below (in thousands).
  Year ended September 30,
  2019 2018 2017
Revenue:      
U.S. Health and Human Services $ 1,176,488    $ 1,213,911    $ 1,220,086   
U.S. Federal Services 1,111,197    478,911    545,573   
Outside the U.S. 599,130    699,414    685,302   
Total $ 2,886,815    $ 2,392,236    $ 2,450,961   
Gross profit:      
U.S. Health and Human Services $ 344,109    $ 359,624    $ 348,906   
U.S. Federal Services 242,070    126,698    139,321   
Outside the U.S. 85,005    108,063    123,678   
Total $ 671,184    $ 594,385    $ 611,905   
Selling, general and administrative expense:      
U.S. Health and Human Services $ 123,275    $ 140,990    $ 144,014   
U.S. Federal Services 126,128    69,312    74,345   
Outside the U.S. 68,944    72,095    64,742   
Other 2,676    2,844    1,492   
Total $ 321,023    $ 285,241    $ 284,593   
Operating income:      
U.S. Health and Human Services $ 220,834    $ 218,634    $ 204,892   
U.S. Federal Services 115,942    57,386    64,976   
Outside the U.S. 16,061    35,968    58,936   
Amortization of intangible assets (33,054)   (10,308)   (12,208)  
Restructuring costs —    (3,353)   (2,242)  
Acquisition-related expenses (2,691)   (947)   (83)  
Gain on sale of a business —    —    650   
Other 15    (1,897)   (1,409)  
Total $ 317,107    $ 295,483    $ 313,512   
Operating income as a percentage of revenue:
U.S. Health and Human Services 18.8  % 18.0  % 16.8  %
U.S. Federal Services 10.4  % 12.0  % 11.9  %
Outside the U.S. 2.7  % 5.1  % 8.6  %
Total 11.0  % 12.4  % 12.8  %
Depreciation and amortization:      
U.S. Health and Human Services $ 18,466    $ 20,963    $ 23,374   
U.S. Federal Services 16,802    8,478    11,175   
Outside the U.S. 17,136    22,443    21,220   
Total $ 52,404    $ 51,884    $ 55,769   

Restructuring costs were incurred in the years ending September 30, 2018 and 2017 in our United Kingdom businesses. Acquisition-related expenses are costs of completed business combinations as well as the costs of any unsuccessful transactions. The charges above include costs for the acquisition of the citizen engagement centers business which were incurred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019. Other costs include those related to the acquisition of Revitalised Limited in fiscal year 2017.
We operate in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.
Our revenue was distributed as follows (in thousands):
  Year ended September 30,
  2019 2018 2017
United States $ 2,287,685    $ 1,692,823    $ 1,765,661   
United Kingdom 293,695    347,026    346,342   
Australia 198,795    247,850    232,434   
Rest of World 106,640    104,537    106,524   
Total $ 2,886,815    $ 2,392,236    $ 2,450,961   
Identifiable assets for the segments are shown below (in thousands):
  Year Ended
September 30,
  2019 2018
U.S. Health and Human Services $ 500,641    $ 442,063   
U.S. Federal Services 795,553    375,807   
Outside the U.S. 234,769    184,872   
Corporate/Other 214,769    459,258   
Total $ 1,745,732    $ 1,462,000   
Our long-lived assets, consisting of property and equipment, capitalized software costs and deferred compensation plan assets, were distributed as follows (in thousands):
  Year Ended
September 30,
  2019 2018
United States $ 134,511    $ 98,340   
Australia 11,950    20,545   
Canada 14,681    9,504   
United Kingdom 3,129    5,498   
Rest of World 595    391   
Total $ 164,866    $ 134,278