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Shareholders' Equity - Dividend Reinvestment Program (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Dividend Reinvestment Program
Issuance of common shares (in shares)	14	10
Weighted average price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 17.66	$ 26.04
Net proceeds	$ 248	$ 264

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Dividend Reinvestment Program

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Stock Issued During Period, Weighted Average Price Per Share, Dividend Reinvestment Plan

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Amount of cash inflow from capital contributions to an entity associated with a dividend reinvestment plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
-Subparagraph (a)
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Number of shares issued during the period from a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP). A dividend reinvestment plan allows the shareholders to reinvest dividends paid to them by the entity on new issues of stock by the entity.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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