Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (Condensed Consolidating Statement Of Income) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Rental revenue	$ 69,918	$ 60,160	$ 136,349	$ 120,548
Tenant reimbursements	4,281	4,452	8,869	9,196
Other income	187	104	361	128
Mortgage and other financing income	17,401	18,236	36,064	36,031
Intercompany fee income	0	0	0	0
Interest income on intercompany notes receivable	0	0	0	0
Total revenue	91,787	82,952	181,643	165,903
Equity in subsidiaries' earnings	0	0	0	0
Property operating expense	5,539	5,990	11,988	13,025
Intercompany fee expense	0	0	0	0
Other expense	219	187	318	336
General and administrative expense	7,079	6,051	14,541	12,703
Costs associated with loan refinancing or payoff	0	5,943	0	5,943
Gain on early extinguishment of debt	0	0	0	(4,539)
Interest expense, net	20,555	20,000	40,453	39,989
Interest expense on intercompany notes payable	0	0	0	0
Transaction costs	756	224	952	542
Depreciation and amortization	16,002	13,176	31,329	25,998
Income before equity in income from joint ventures and other items	41,637	31,381	82,062	71,906
Equity in income from joint ventures	267	466	578	817
Gain on sale of land	0	0	330	0
Gain on sale of investment in a direct financing lease	220	0	220	0
Income before income taxes	42,124	31,847	83,190	72,723
Income tax expense	1,360	0	2,285	0
Income from continuing operations	40,764	31,847	80,905	72,723
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	(4)	629	11	394
Transaction (costs) benefit	0	0	3,376	0
Gain on sale of real estate	0	0	0	565
Net income	40,760	32,476	84,292	73,682
Net income attributable to EPR Properties	40,760	32,476	84,292	73,682
Dividends, Preferred Stock	(5,952)	(5,952)	(11,904)	(11,904)
Net income available to common shareholders of EPR Properties	34,808	26,524	72,388	61,778
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent	39,856	32,753	81,324	73,452
EPR Properties (Issuer) [Member]
Rental revenue	0	0	0	0
Tenant reimbursements	0	0	0	0
Other income	107	26	280	49
Mortgage and other financing income	187	252	374	504
Intercompany fee income	799	658	1,579	1,326
Interest income on intercompany notes receivable	0	4,233	0	8,498
Total revenue	1,093	5,169	2,233	10,377
Equity in subsidiaries' earnings	55,831	40,167	114,296	88,501
Property operating expense	0	0	(1)	0
Intercompany fee expense	0	0	0	0
Other expense	0	0	0	0
General and administrative expense	0	0	0	0
Costs associated with loan refinancing or payoff		0	0	0
Gain on early extinguishment of debt				0
Interest expense, net	15,746	12,527	31,435	24,455
Interest expense on intercompany notes payable	0	0	0	0
Transaction costs	0	224	0	542
Depreciation and amortization	274	272	550	545
Income before equity in income from joint ventures and other items	40,904	32,313	84,545	73,336
Equity in income from joint ventures	0	163	0	346
Gain on sale of land			0
Gain on sale of investment in a direct financing lease	0		0
Income before income taxes	40,904		84,545
Income tax expense	144		253
Income from continuing operations	40,760	32,476	84,292	73,682
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	0	0	0	0
Transaction (costs) benefit			0
Gain on sale of real estate				0
Net income attributable to EPR Properties	40,760	32,476	84,292	73,682
Dividends, Preferred Stock	(5,952)	(5,952)	(11,904)	(11,904)
Net income available to common shareholders of EPR Properties	34,808	26,524	72,388	61,778
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent	39,856	32,753	81,324	73,452
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Guarantors [Member]
Rental revenue	46,455	38,749	91,565	77,841
Tenant reimbursements	819	855	1,802	1,869
Other income	0	0	0	0
Mortgage and other financing income	16,522	16,885	34,317	33,338
Intercompany fee income	0	0	0	0
Interest income on intercompany notes receivable	0	0	0	0
Total revenue	63,796	56,489	127,684	113,048
Equity in subsidiaries' earnings	0	0	0	0
Property operating expense	1,871	2,028	4,267	5,524
Intercompany fee expense	0	0	0	0
Other expense	0	0	0	0
General and administrative expense	4,591	4,071	9,500	8,570
Costs associated with loan refinancing or payoff		1,765	0	1,765
Gain on early extinguishment of debt				(4,539)
Interest expense, net	(661)	1,404	(1,073)	3,163
Interest expense on intercompany notes payable	0	0	0	0
Transaction costs	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	10,590	8,338	21,093	16,159
Income before equity in income from joint ventures and other items	47,405	38,883	93,897	82,406
Equity in income from joint ventures	0	0	0	0
Gain on sale of land			0
Gain on sale of investment in a direct financing lease	220		220
Income before income taxes	47,625		94,117
Income tax expense	0		0
Income from continuing operations	47,625	38,883	94,117	82,406
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	(4)	711	(7)	690
Transaction (costs) benefit			3,376
Gain on sale of real estate				0
Net income attributable to EPR Properties	47,621	39,594	97,486	83,096
Dividends, Preferred Stock	0	0	0	0
Net income available to common shareholders of EPR Properties	47,621	39,594	97,486	83,096
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent	47,621	39,713	97,629	83,298
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Rental revenue	23,463	21,411	44,784	42,707
Tenant reimbursements	3,462	3,597	7,067	7,327
Other income	80	78	81	79
Mortgage and other financing income	692	1,099	1,373	2,189
Intercompany fee income	0	0	0	0
Interest income on intercompany notes receivable	6,043	95	13,106	188
Total revenue	33,740	26,280	66,411	52,490
Equity in subsidiaries' earnings	0	0	0	0
Property operating expense	3,668	3,962	7,722	7,501
Intercompany fee expense	799	658	1,579	1,326
Other expense	219	187	318	336
General and administrative expense	2,488	1,980	5,041	4,133
Costs associated with loan refinancing or payoff		4,178	0	4,178
Gain on early extinguishment of debt				0
Interest expense, net	5,470	6,069	10,091	12,371
Interest expense on intercompany notes payable	6,043	4,328	13,106	8,686
Transaction costs	756	0	952	0
Depreciation and amortization	5,138	4,566	9,686	9,294
Income before equity in income from joint ventures and other items	9,159	352	17,916	4,665
Equity in income from joint ventures	267	303	578	471
Gain on sale of land			330
Gain on sale of investment in a direct financing lease	0		0
Income before income taxes	9,426		18,824
Income tax expense	1,216		2,032
Income from continuing operations	8,210	655	16,792	5,136
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	0	(82)	18	(296)
Transaction (costs) benefit			0
Gain on sale of real estate				565
Net income attributable to EPR Properties	8,210	573	16,810	5,405
Dividends, Preferred Stock	0	0	0	0
Net income available to common shareholders of EPR Properties	8,210	573	16,810	5,405
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent	8,291	(492)	14,848	3,532
Consolidated Elimination [Member]
Rental revenue	0	0	0	0
Tenant reimbursements	0	0	0	0
Other income	0	0	0
Mortgage and other financing income	0	0	0	0
Intercompany fee income	(799)	(658)	(1,579)	(1,326)
Interest income on intercompany notes receivable	(6,043)	(4,328)	(13,106)	(8,686)
Total revenue	(6,842)	(4,986)	(14,685)	(10,012)
Equity in subsidiaries' earnings	(55,831)	(40,167)	(114,296)	(88,501)
Property operating expense	0	0	0	0
Intercompany fee expense	(799)	(658)	(1,579)	(1,326)
Other expense	0	0	0	0
General and administrative expense	0	0	0	0
Costs associated with loan refinancing or payoff		0	0	0
Gain on early extinguishment of debt				0
Interest expense, net	0	0	0	0
Interest expense on intercompany notes payable	(6,043)	(4,328)	(13,106)	(8,686)
Transaction costs	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0	0
Income before equity in income from joint ventures and other items	(55,831)	(40,167)	(114,296)	(88,501)
Equity in income from joint ventures	0	0	0	0
Gain on sale of land			0
Gain on sale of investment in a direct financing lease	0		0
Income before income taxes	(55,831)		(114,296)
Income tax expense	0		0
Income from continuing operations	(55,831)	(40,167)	(114,296)	(88,501)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	0	0	0	0
Transaction (costs) benefit			0
Gain on sale of real estate				0
Net income attributable to EPR Properties	(55,831)	(40,167)	(114,296)	(88,501)
Dividends, Preferred Stock	0	0	0	0
Net income available to common shareholders of EPR Properties	(55,831)	(40,167)	(114,296)	(88,501)
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent	$ (55,912)	$ (39,221)	$ (112,477)	$ (86,830)