Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting, Number of Equal Annual Installments

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award equity instruments other than options nonvested spin off in period.

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Share-Based Payments, Performance Award Vesting Condition Metric, Normalized Funds From Operations, Minimum

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Stockholders' Equity Note, Spinoff Transaction, Restricted Stock Award Conversion Ratio

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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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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Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 01, 2014 shares	Feb. 28, 2019 installment $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unamortized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested awards \| $			$ 6.9
Weighted average remaining vesting period related to expense recognition			2 years 4 months 30 days
Ensign Employees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock award conversion ratio related to the spin-off	1
Restricted Stock Award \| Ensign Employees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock awards unvested during spin-off (in shares)	207,580
Unvested stock awards outstanding (in shares)			1,760
Restricted Stock Award \| Officers and Employees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of awards granted (in shares)		91,440
Award grant date fair value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 22.00
Number of equal annual vesting installments \| installment		4
Performance Stock Award \| Officers and Employees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of awards granted (in shares)		71,440
Award grant date fair value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 22.00
Vesting metric, Normalized Funds from Operations, minimum		5.00%
Minimum \| Performance Stock Award \| Officers and Employees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period range (in years)		1 year
Maximum \| Performance Stock Award \| Officers and Employees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period range (in years)		4 years