Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Deferred Expense, Reserves and Accruals, Deferred Rent and Interest

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Deferred tax assets tax deferred expense reserves and accruals deferred rent and late fee reserves.

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Deferred tax assets, tax deferred expense, write offs related to payment of rent, late fees, and loans.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from reserves and accruals.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from deferred rent.

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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from the provision for loan losses.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs.

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Schedule II - Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance		$ 4.9	$ (6.1)
Net deferred tax assets reserve				$ 6.2
Foreign Valuation Allowances [Member]
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance	$ (4.0)
Twelve Oaks Facility [Member]
Rent reserves	1.9		1.9
Write offs related to payment of rent, late fees, and loans	3.3		3.3
Rent and late fee reserves				1.5
Corinth Facility [Member]
Rent reserves	0.8		0.8
Write offs for rent and interest reserves	0.8		0.8
M/C Healthcare Loan [Member]
Write offs related to loan	$ 0.1		$ 0.1
Healthtrax Properties [Member]
Rent reserves				$ 0.5