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'Monetary' elements on report '1051 - Disclosure - Real Estate and Loans Receivable - Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail)' had a mix of different decimal attribute values. 'Monetary' elements on report '1056 - Disclosure - Real Estate and Loans Receivable - Monroe Facility - Additional Information (Detail)' had a mix of different decimal attribute values. 'Monetary' elements on report '1065 - Disclosure - Debt - Revolving Credit Facility - Additional Information (Detail)' had a mix of different decimal attribute values. 'Monetary' elements on report '1070 - Disclosure - Debt - Term Loans - Additional Information (Detail)' had a mix of different decimal attribute values. 'Monetary' elements on report '1082 - Disclosure - Common Stock/Partner's Capital - Additional Information (Detail)' had a mix of different decimal attribute values. 'Monetary' elements on report '1090 - Disclosure - Condensed Consolidating Financial Information - Additional Information (Detail)' had a mix of different decimal attribute values. Process Flow-Through: 1003 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheets Process Flow-Through: Removing column 'Dec. 31, 2011' Process Flow-Through: Removing column 'Dec. 31, 2010' Process Flow-Through: 1004 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) Process Flow-Through: Removing column 'Feb. 29, 2012' Process Flow-Through: 1005 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Income Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Dec. 31, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Sep. 30, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Jun. 30, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Mar. 31, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Dec. 31, 2012' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Sep. 30, 2012' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Jun. 30, 2012' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Mar. 31, 2012' Process Flow-Through: 1006 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Dec. 31, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Sep. 30, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Jun. 30, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Mar. 31, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Dec. 31, 2012' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Sep. 30, 2012' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Jun. 30, 2012' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Mar. 31, 2012' Process Flow-Through: 1008 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Equity / Capital (Parenthetical) Process Flow-Through: 1009 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow Process Flow-Through: 1010 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow (Parenthetical) Process Flow-Through: 1093 - Statement - Condensed Consolidating Financial Information - Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Detail) Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Dec. 31, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Sep. 30, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Jun. 30, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Mar. 31, 2013' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Dec. 31, 2012' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Sep. 30, 2012' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Jun. 30, 2012' Process Flow-Through: Removing column '3 Months Ended Mar. 31, 2012' mpw-20131231.xml mpw-20131231.xsd mpw-20131231_cal.xml mpw-20131231_def.xml mpw-20131231_lab.xml mpw-20131231_pre.xml true true