Consolidated Statements of Equity / Capital - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Total	MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member]	MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] General Partner [Member]	MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	Common Par Value [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained (Deficit) Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member] MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member]	Non-Controlling Interests [Member]	Non-Controlling Interests [Member] MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member]
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2020	$ 7,343,857	$ 7,344,247	$ 73,977	$ 7,316,269	$ 541	$ 7,460,726	$ (71,411)	$ (51,324)	$ (51,324)	$ 5,325	$ 5,325
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2020			5,414	535,939	541,353
Net (loss) income	656,940	656,940	$ 6,560	$ 649,461			656,021			919	919
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net of tax	52,288	52,288						52,288	52,288
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	(37,691)	(37,691)						(37,691)	(37,691)
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock-based compensation	52,110	52,110	$ 521	$ 51,589	$ 3	52,107
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock (unit)-based compensation (shares)			23	2,309	2,332
Distributions to non-controlling interests, net	(761)	(761)								(761)	(761)
Proceeds from offering (net of offering costs)	1,051,229	1,051,229	$ 10,512	$ 1,040,717	$ 53	1,051,176
Proceeds from offering (net of offering costs) (shares)			531	52,532	53,063
Dividends (Distributions) declared	(672,301)	(672,301)	$ (6,723)	$ (665,578)			(672,301)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2021	8,445,671	8,446,061	$ 84,847	$ 8,392,458	$ 597	8,564,009	(87,691)	(36,727)	(36,727)	5,483	5,483
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2021			5,968	590,780	596,748
Net (loss) income	903,819	903,819	$ 9,026	$ 893,571			902,597			1,222	1,222
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net of tax	100,550	100,550						100,550	100,550
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	(123,007)	(123,007)						(123,007)	(123,007)
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock-based compensation	49,421	49,421	$ 494	$ 48,927	$ 3	49,418
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock (unit)-based compensation (shares)			37	3,638	3,675
Stock (Unit) vesting - satisfaction of tax withholding	(29,922)	(29,922)	$ (299)	$ (29,623)	$ (1)	(29,921)
Stock (Unit) vesting - satisfaction of tax withholding (shares)			(13)	(1,289)	(1,302)
Repurchase of units	(17,940)	(17,940)	$ (179)	$ (17,761)	$ (2)	(17,938)
Repurchase of units (shares)			(16)	(1,629)	(1,645)
Acquisition of non-controlling interest	(35,022)	(35,022)	$ (304)	$ (30,124)		(30,428)				(4,594)	(4,594)
Issuance of non-controlling interest	1,054	1,054								1,054	1,054
Distributions to non-controlling interests, net	(1,596)	(1,596)								(1,596)	(1,596)
Dividends (Distributions) declared	(698,621)	(698,621)	(6,986)	(691,635)			(698,621)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2022	8,594,407	8,594,797	$ 86,599	$ 8,565,813	$ 597	8,535,140	116,285	(59,184)	(59,184)	1,569	1,569
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022			5,976	591,500	597,476
Net (loss) income	(556,092)	(556,092)	$ (5,564)	$ (550,912)			(556,476)			384	384
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps, net of tax	(34,932)	(34,932)						(34,932)	(34,932)
Reclassification of interest rate swap gain to earnings, net of tax	(28,553)	(28,553)						(28,553)	(28,553)
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	162,680	162,680						162,680	162,680
Reclassification of foreign currency translation loss from AOCI	2,490	2,490						2,490	2,490
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock-based compensation	33,250	33,250	$ 332	$ 32,918	$ 2	33,248
Stock (Unit) vesting and amortization of stock (unit)-based compensation (shares)			25	2,432	2,457
Stock (Unit) vesting - satisfaction of tax withholding	(8,079)	(8,079)	$ (81)	$ (7,998)		(8,079)
Stock (Unit) vesting - satisfaction of tax withholding (shares)			(10)	(932)	(942)
Issuance of non-controlling interest	1,375	1,375								1,375	1,375
Distributions to non-controlling interests, net	(1,063)	(1,063)								(1,063)	(1,063)
Dividends (Distributions) declared	(531,618)	(531,618)	$ (5,317)	$ (526,301)			(531,618)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2023	$ 7,633,865	$ 7,634,255	$ 75,969	$ 7,513,520	$ 599	$ 8,560,309	$ (971,809)	$ 42,501	$ 42,501	$ 2,265	$ 2,265
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2023			5,991	593,000	598,991