Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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, 2017

			Additions			Deductions
Year Ended December 31,	Balance at Beginning of Year(1)		Charged Against Operations(1)			Net Recoveries/ Write-offs(1)			Balance at End of Year(1)
	(In thousands)
2017	$	18,852	$	2,525	(2)	$	(4,980	)(3)	$	16,397
2016	$	27,384	$	2,722	(4)	$	(11,254	)(5)	$	18,852
2015	$	20,129	$	8,205	(6)	$	(950	)(7)	$	27,384

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

(2) Represents increases in accounts receivable reserves during 2017.

(3) Includes $4.9 million decrease in valuation allowance to reserve our net deferred tax assets.

(4) 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.

(5) Includes write-offs of $3.3 million related to payment of rent, late fees, and loans for our Twelve Oaks facility; $0.8 million of write-offs for rent and interest reserves related to the sale of the Corinth facility; $0.1 million of write-offs related to the McLeod Healthcare loan; and $6.1 million decrease in valuation allowances (which includes the $4 million release of foreign valuation allowances in the 2016 fourth quarter) to reserve against our net deferred tax assets.

(6) 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.

(7) Write-offs of rent and interest reserves related to sale of Healthtrax properties.