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Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Offering Period

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Target Award, Percentage

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Expiry Period From Date Of Grant

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Performance Period

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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The cash inflow from the additional capital contribution to the entity.

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Discount rate from fair value on purchase date that participants pay for shares.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Equity Compensation (Additional Information) (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	63 Months Ended
Equity Compensation (Additional Information) (Details)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) offering_periods shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options, net			$ 734,000	$ 1,926,000
Deferred Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense (income)	$ 0	$ 100,000	$ 900,000	1,000,000
Stock vested (shares) \| shares			9,250
Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options, contractual term (years)			10 years
Stock options, grants in period, gross \| shares						0
Options exercised, total intrinsic value			$ 700,000
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options, net			$ 2,200,000
Performance-Based Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock award program, measurement period (years)			3 years
Expected dividend yield (percent)			0.00%
Compensation expense (income)	1,300,000	1,400,000	$ 3,100,000	2,900,000
Stock vested (shares) \| shares			81,230
Performance-Based Restricted Stock \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock award program, awarded shares as a percentage of the original award amount (percent)			0.00%
Performance-Based Restricted Stock \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock award program, awarded shares as a percentage of the original award amount (percent)			200.00%
Time Based Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense (income)	1,400,000	$ 1,600,000	$ 4,200,000	$ 4,200,000
Stock vested (shares) \| shares			79,375
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense (income)	$ 300,000		$ 100,000
Employee stock purchase plan, number of offering (offering period) \| offering_periods			2
Employee stock purchase plan, offering period (months)			6 months
Employee stock purchase plan, purchase price discount (percent)					15.00%