Accrued Expenses - Schedule of Accrued Expenses (Parenthetical) (Details)	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Payables And Accruals [Abstract]
Maximum percentage of current liabilities accrued (in hundredths)	5.00%	5.00%

Maximum percentage of various single other accrued expenses to the aggregate current liabilities.

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