Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. and MPT Operating Partnership, L.P.

Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

December 31, 2016

			Additions			Deductions
Year Ended December 31,	Balance at Beginning of Year(1)		Charged Against Operations(1)			Net Recoveries/ Writeoffs(1)			Balance at End of Year(1)
	(In thousands)
2016	$	27,384	$	2,722	(2)	$	(11,254	)(3)	$	18,852
2015	$	20,129	$	8,205	(4)	$	(950	)(5)	$	27,384
2014	$	41,573	$	65,512	(6)	$	(86,956	)(7)	$	20,129

(1) Includes allowance for doubtful accounts, straight-line rent reserves, allowance for loan losses, tax valuation allowances and other reserves.

(2) Includes $1.9 million of rent reserves related to our Twelve Oaks facility and $0.8 million of rent reserves related to our Corinth facility.

(3) Includes writeoffs of $3.3 million related to payment of rent, late fees, and loans for our Twelve Oaks facility; $0.8 million of writeoffs for rent and interest reserves related to the sale of the Corinth facility; $0.1 million of writeoffs related to the McLeod Healthcare loan; and $6.9 million decrease in valuation allowance to reserve our net deferred tax assets.

(4) Includes $1.5 million of rent and late fee reserves related to our Twelve Oaks facility; $0.5 million of rent reserves related to our Healthtrax properties; and $6.2 million to fully reserve our net deferred tax assets.

(5) Writeoffs of rent and interest reserves related to sale of Healthtrax properties.

(6) Includes the $47 million of impairment charges related to the Monroe property, $9.5 million of rent and interest reserves primarily related to the Monroe property (prior to change in operators — see Note 3 to Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further details), and approximately $9 million increase in the valuation allowance to fully reserve our net deferred tax assets.

(7) Writeoffs of loans and other receivables related to the Monroe facility due to change in operators.