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Significant Unobservable Inputs Used in Fair Value Measurements (Details) - Contingent Consideration Liabilities - Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation
Weighted Average, Probability of achieving payout targets	76.20%	79.10%
Weighted Average, Discount rate	7.50%	7.50%

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The weighted average Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid in the future as an input to measure fair value.

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The weighted average measure of the probability of achieving the payout target specified in the contingent consideration agreement, which is used as an input to measure fair value.

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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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