Discontinued Operation, Contingent Consideration, Liability Held in Escrow, Term Of Deposit

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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Contingent Consideration, Earn-Out

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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Contingent Consideration, Liability Held in Escrow, Term Of Deposit

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Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Business, Net of Tax

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Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Business, Tax

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The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes and insurance obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. This element excludes replacement reserves which are an escrow separately provided for within the US GAAP taxonomy.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.10)
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Gain (loss) from sale or disposal of an organization or integrated set of activities (for example, but not limited to, a partnership or corporation) engaged in providing a product or service in a commercial, industrial, or professional environment.

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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 cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

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Disposal and Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2015	Feb. 15, 2013	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss on sale of business			$ 0	$ 2,184	$ 0
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Cross Country Education, LLC
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Aggregate amount of selling prices	$ 8,000
Escrow deposit	$ 500
Earn-out held in escrow, term (in months)	12 months
Earnout (up to)	$ 500
Loss on sale of business	$ 2,200			2,200
Recorded tax benefit related to sale of business				3,500
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax				$ 1,300
Discontinued Operations \| Clinical Trial Services
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Aggregate amount of selling prices		$ 52,000
Escrow deposit		$ 3,800
Held in escrow, term (in months)		18 months