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Variable Interest Entities - Textuals (Details) - Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary, Aggregated Disclosure [Member] - entity	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of consolidated limited partnership-like entities	10	10
Minimum [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership interest in the consolidated entities (percent)	6.80%
Maximum [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership interest in the consolidated entities (percent)	99.50%

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- Definition

Number of facilities consolidated as variable interest entities.

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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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- Definition

Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5A
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77990344&loc=SL6759159-111685

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