Non-cash impairment charge.

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straight-line rent write-offs.

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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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The net realized gain (loss) on investments sold during the period, not including gains (losses) on securities separately or otherwise categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity, which, for cash flow reporting, is a component of proceeds from investing activities.

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The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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Real Estate and Other Activities - Summary of Operating Results from Properties Sold (Parenthetical) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net impairment charge	$ 79.0
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Straight-line rent write-offs		$ 4.5
Massachusetts-based General Acute Care Hospitals [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Straight-line rent write-offs		125.0
Massachusetts-based General Acute Care Hospitals [Member] \| Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gains		$ 451.6
Australia Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Straight-line rent write-offs	37.4
Net impairment charge	79.0
Prime [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge	$ 11.0