Consolidated Statements of Equity / Capital - USD ($) shares in Thousands	Total	MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member]	MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] General Partner [Member]	Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member]	Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member] MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member]	Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member] MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] General Partner [Member]	Common Par Value [Member]	Common Par Value [Member] MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	Common Par Value [Member] Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member] MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings (Deficit) [Member]	Retained Earnings (Deficit) [Member] Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member] MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member]	Non-Controlling Interests [Member]	Non-Controlling Interests [Member] MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member]	Long Term Incentive Plan [Member] MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Limited Partner [Member]
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2019	$ 7,028,154,000	$ 7,028,544,000	$ 70,939,000				$ 518,000	$ 7,020,403,000		$ 7,007,422,000	$ 83,012,000		$ (62,905,000)	$ (62,905,000)	$ 107,000	$ 107,000
Beginning balance (Accounting Standards Update 2016-13) at Dec. 31, 2019					$ (8,399,000)	$ (84,000)			$ (8,315,000)
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019			5,176				517,456	512,280									232
Net income	432,272,000	432,272,000	$ 4,315,000					$ 427,135,000			431,450,000				822,000	822,000
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net of tax	(33,091,000)	(33,091,000)											(33,091,000)	(33,091,000)
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	44,672,000	44,672,000											44,672,000	44,672,000
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock-based compensation	47,154,000	47,154,000	$ 472,000				$ 2,000	$ 46,682,000		47,152,000
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock (unit)-based compensation (shares)			29				2,893	2,864
Sale of non-controlling interests	5,097,000	5,097,000													5,097,000	5,097,000
Redemption of MOP units	(4,928,000)	(4,928,000)						$ (4,928,000)		(4,928,000)
Redemption of common units (shares)								(232)
Conversion of LTIP units to common units (shares)								232									(232)
Distributions to non-controlling interests, net	(701,000)	(701,000)													(701,000)	(701,000)
Proceeds from offering (net of offering costs)	411,101,000	411,101,000	$ 4,111,000				$ 21,000	$ 406,990,000		411,080,000
Proceeds from offering (net of offering costs) (shares)			209				21,004	20,795
Dividends (Distributions) declared	(577,474,000)	(577,474,000)	$ (5,776,000)					$ (571,698,000)			(577,474,000)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2020	7,343,857,000	7,344,247,000	$ 73,977,000				$ 541,000	$ 7,316,269,000		7,460,726,000	(71,411,000)		(51,324,000)	(51,324,000)	5,325,000	5,325,000
Ending balance (Accounting Standards Update 2016-02) at Dec. 31, 2020				$ (8,399,000)								$ (8,399,000)
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2020			5,414				541,353	535,939
Net income	656,940,000	656,940,000	$ 6,560,000					$ 649,461,000			656,021,000				919,000	919,000
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net of tax	52,288,000	52,288,000											52,288,000	52,288,000
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	(37,691,000)	(37,691,000)											(37,691,000)	(37,691,000)
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock-based compensation	52,110,000	52,110,000	$ 521,000				$ 3,000	$ 51,589,000		52,107,000
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock (unit)-based compensation (shares)			23				2,332	2,309
Distributions to non-controlling interests, net	(761,000)	(761,000)													(761,000)	(761,000)
Proceeds from offering (net of offering costs)	1,051,229,000	1,051,229,000	$ 10,512,000				$ 53,000	$ 1,040,717,000		1,051,176,000
Proceeds from offering (net of offering costs) (shares)			531				53,063	52,532
Dividends (Distributions) declared	(672,301,000)	(672,301,000)	$ (6,723,000)					$ (665,578,000)			(672,301,000)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2021	8,445,671,000	8,446,061,000	$ 84,847,000				$ 597,000	$ 8,392,458,000		8,564,009,000	(87,691,000)		(36,727,000)	(36,727,000)	5,483,000	5,483,000
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2021			5,968				596,748	590,780
Net income	903,819,000	903,819,000	$ 9,026,000					$ 893,571,000			902,597,000				1,222,000	1,222,000
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net of tax	100,550,000	100,550,000											100,550,000	100,550,000
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	(123,007,000)	(123,007,000)											(123,007,000)	(123,007,000)
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock-based compensation	49,421,000	49,421,000	$ 494,000				$ 3,000	$ 48,927,000		49,418,000
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock (unit)-based compensation (shares)			37				3,675	3,638
Stock (Unit) vesting - satisfaction of tax withholding	(29,922,000)	(29,922,000)	$ (299,000)				$ (1,000)	$ (29,623,000)		(29,921,000)
Stock (Unit) vesting - satisfaction of tax withholding (shares)			(13)				(1,302)	(1,289)
Repurchase of units	(17,940,000)	(17,940,000)	$ (179,000)				$ (2,000)	$ (17,761,000)		(17,938,000)
Repurchase of units (shares)			(16)				(1,645)	(1,629)
Acquisition of non-controlling interest	(35,022,000)	(35,022,000)	$ (304,000)					$ (30,124,000)		(30,428,000)					(4,594,000)	(4,594,000)
Redemption of MOP units		0
Issuance of non-controlling interest	1,054,000	1,054,000													1,054,000	1,054,000
Distributions to non-controlling interests, net	(1,596,000)	(1,596,000)													(1,596,000)	(1,596,000)
Dividends (Distributions) declared	(698,621,000)	(698,621,000)	(6,986,000)					(691,635,000)			(698,621,000)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2022	$ 8,594,407,000	$ 8,594,797,000	$ 86,599,000				$ 597,000	$ 8,565,813,000		$ 8,535,140,000	$ 116,285,000		$ (59,184,000)	$ (59,184,000)	$ 1,569,000	$ 1,569,000
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022			5,976				597,476	591,500