Percentage of revenue from services performed to variable interest entity.

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- Definition

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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- Definition

Description of consideration received by the subsidiary or equity investee in exchange for shares of stock issued or sold.

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- Definition

Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company after stock transaction.

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- Definition

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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Consolidation of Variable Interest Entity - Additional Information (Detail)	May. 16, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Milestone Medical Inc. [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage		49.98%
Milestone Medical Inc. [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding common stock acquired by exchange of shares	37.00%
Exchange terms	two shares of Milestone Medical for one share of Milestone Scientific
Milestone Education LLC [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage		50.00%
Percentage of revenue from services performed to variable interest entity		80.00%