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Real Estate and Other Activities - 2021 Activity - Additional Information (Detail) € in Millions, £ in Millions, SFr in Millions, $ in Millions														12 Months Ended
	May 01, 2023 Facility	Feb. 07, 2023 Facility	Jul. 29, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 25, 2022 USD ($) Facility	Mar. 14, 2022 USD ($) Facility	Dec. 02, 2021 EUR (€)	Oct. 21, 2021 EUR (€)	Oct. 19, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2021 USD ($) Hospital	Jul. 06, 2021 USD ($) Hospital	Jul. 06, 2021 GBP (£) Hospital	Jun. 25, 2021 GBP (£) Property	Jan. 19, 2021 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2022 Facility	Mar. 11, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 Property	Apr. 16, 2021 CHF (SFr)	Jan. 08, 2021 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Deferred income tax liabilities and other liabilities, incurred															$ 26.0
General Acute Care Hospitals [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition			$ 26.0	$ 80.0
Number of facilities acquired \| Facility		8		2										6
Lease extension expiration term		5 years
Lease extension expiration year		2041
Swiss Medical Network [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity investment \| SFr																	SFr 145
Massachusetts Based General Acute Care Hospitals [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition					$ 1,700.0
Nonrecourse Secured Debt Percentage Of Asset Value					55.00%
Number of facilities acquired \| Facility					8
Lease extension expiration year					2041
Portugal [Member] \| Acute Care Hospital [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition \| €							€ 17.8
Florida [Member] \| General Acute Care Hospitals [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition									$ 900.0
Number of facilities acquired \| Hospital									5
Los Angeles, California [Member] \| Acute Care Hospital [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of facilities acquired \| Hospital										4	4
Los Angeles, California [Member] \| On Campus Medical Office Buildings [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of facilities acquired \| Hospital										2	2
Los Angeles, California [Member] \| Acute Care Hospital and On Campus Medical Office Buildings [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition										$ 215.0
Stirling, Scotland [Member] \| Acute Care Hospital [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition \| £											£ 15.6
General Acute Hospital [Member] \| Valencia, Spain [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition \| €						€ 46.0
Ownership interest						50.00%
Priory Group [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of real estate assets acquired \| Property																35
Deferred income tax liabilities and other liabilities, incurred \| £												£ 47.1
Waterland Fund [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of real estate assets acquired \| Property												35
Payment for acquisition \| £												£ 800.0
Purchase price of acquisition loan \| £													£ 250.0
Waterland Fund [Member] \| United Kingdom [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition \| £													£ 800.0
Waterland Fund [Member] \| Waterland Private Equity Fund Affiliate [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership interest													9.90%
Springstone Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of acquisition								$ 185.0
Consideration of other transaction costs								950.0
Incurred deferred income tax liabilities								$ 8.0
Steward Health Care System LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of facilities acquired \| Facility	5
Other loan to affiliates																		$ 335.0