Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

11. Discontinued Operations

On December 30, 2011, we sold MountainView Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia to HealthSouth Corporation for $21.1 million, resulting in a gain of $2.3 million. On December 30, 2011, we also sold Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, California to Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. for approximately $20.0 million, resulting in a gain of $3.1 million. Due to this sale, we wrote-off $1.2 million in straight-line rent receivables.

In the fourth quarter 2010, we sold the real estate of our Montclair Hospital, an acute care medical center to Prime for proceeds of $20.0 million. We realized a gain on the sale of $2.2 million. In October of 2010, we sold the real estate of our Sharpstown hospital in Houston, Texas to a third party for proceeds of $3.0 million resulting in a gain of $0.7 million. In the second quarter of 2010, we sold the real estate of our Inglewood Hospital, a 369-bed acute care medical center located in Inglewood, California, to Prime for $75 million resulting in a gain of approximately $6 million.

In the fourth quarter of 2009, we sold the real estate of a general acute hospital to Prime for proceeds of approximately $15 million. The sale was completed on December 28, 2009, resulting in a gain on the sale of $0.3 million.

We have classified current and prior year activity related to these transactions, along with the related operating results of the facilities prior to these transactions taking place, as discontinued operations. In addition, we have reclassified the related real estate assets to Real Estate Held for Sale in all prior periods.

The following table presents the results of discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands except per share/unit amounts):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Revenues	$	3,534	$	8,488	$	16,197
Gain on sale		5,431		10,566		278
Income from discontinued operations		7,283		12,764		6,422
Income from discontinued operations — diluted per share/unit	$	0.07	$	0.13	$	0.08