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Concentration Of Risk (Narrative) (Details) - VITAS [Member] $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) item | Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of service providers | item |  |  | 1 |
VITAS made purchases from provider | $ | $ 7.0 | $ 8.0 | $ 21.3 | $ 24.1
Puchases From Vendor [Member] |  |  |  |
Concentration Risk [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Percentage of concentration risk services represent from vendor | 90.00% | 90.00% | 90.00% | 90.00%

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- Definition For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 18 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99393423&loc=d3e6351-108592 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118260190&loc=d3e13531-108611 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118260190&loc=d3e13537-108611 Reference 4: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99393423&loc=d3e6404-108592 + Details
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