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Noncontrolling Interests - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 Facility
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Number of facilities operated by non-wholly owned subsidiaries	5
Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Equity ownership interests percentage in the facility	60.00%
Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Equity ownership interests percentage in the facility	85.00%

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Number of facilities operated by non-wholly owned subsidiaries.

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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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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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