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Claims revenue | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Claims revenue [Abstract] |
Claims revenue | 20. Claims revenue
|  | 2012 |  |  |  |  | 2011 |  |  |  |  | 2010 |
Year ended March 31, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Claims revenue recognized |  |  | $35,211 |  |  |  |  |  | $5,278 |  |  |  |  |  | $4,541 |
Claims revenue uncollected (classified as unbilled revenue) |  |  | 22,759 |  |  |  |  |  | 2,174 |  |  |  |  |  | 785 |

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