Date when the business acquisition agreement was executed, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65885119&loc=d3e1392-128463

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

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Organization, Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation - Schedule of Multi Clinic Acquisition (Details) - Clinic	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
February 2016 Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date	Feb. 29, 2016
Percentage of interest acquired	55.00%
Number of clinics	8
November 2016 Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date	Nov. 30, 2016
Percentage of interest acquired	60.00%
Number of clinics	12
January 2015 Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date		Jan. 31, 2015
Percentage of interest acquired		60.00%
Number of clinics		9
April 2015 Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date		Apr. 30, 2015
Percentage of interest acquired		70.00%
Number of clinics		3
June 2015 Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date		Jun. 30, 2015
Percentage of interest acquired		70.00%
Number of clinics		4
December 2015 Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date		Dec. 31, 2015
Percentage of interest acquired		59.00%
Number of clinics		4
April 2014 Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date			Apr. 30, 2014
Percentage of interest acquired			70.00%
Number of clinics			13
August 2014 Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date			Aug. 01, 2014
Percentage of interest acquired			100.00%
Number of clinics			3