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Significant Accounting Policies (Useful Lives) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017
Distribution Equipment | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life (in years)	1 year
Distribution Equipment | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life (in years)	4 years
Computer Equipment and Software | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life (in years)	2 years
Computer Equipment and Software | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life (in years)	5 years
Furniture and Equipment | Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life (in years)	2 years
Furniture and Equipment | Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life (in years)	10 years
Building
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Useful life (in years)	26 years

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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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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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