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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Nonvested Stock Awards Granted (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017 employee shares	Mar. 31, 2017 employee shares	Sep. 30, 2016 employee	Jun. 30, 2016 executive_officer	Dec. 31, 2018 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2017 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 $ / shares shares
Director group
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Number of Stock Awards Granted (shares)					64,545	51,179
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (usd per share) \| $ / shares					$ 9.45	$ 6.35
Employee group
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Number of Stock Awards Granted (shares)					488,685	641,751	1,250,750
Vesting Period							2 years
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (usd per share) \| $ / shares					$ 9.56	$ 6.31	$ 4.88
Employee inducement
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Number of Stock Awards Granted (shares)					160,516	100,000	100,000
Vesting Period							3 years
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (usd per share) \| $ / shares					$ 8.95	$ 6.33	$ 4.94
Performance-based stock awards (restricted stock units), restricted stock units and restricted stock awards
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Number of Stock Awards Granted (shares)	183,751				713,746
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (usd per share) \| $ / shares					$ 9.42	$ 6.32	$ 4.86
Performance-based stock awards (restricted stock units), restricted stock units and restricted stock awards \| Employee group
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Number of employees granted share-based compensation awards \| executive_officer				5
Performance-based stock awards (restricted stock units), restricted stock units and restricted stock awards \| Employee inducement
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Number of employees granted share-based compensation awards \| employee	2		3
Performance-based stock awards (restricted stock units), restricted stock units and restricted stock awards \| Executive officers
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Number of Stock Awards Granted (shares)		458,000
Number of employees granted share-based compensation awards \| employee		12
Maximum \| Director group
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Vesting Period					1 year	1 year
Maximum \| Employee group
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Vesting Period					3 years	3 years
Maximum \| Employee inducement
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Vesting Period					3 years	3 years