Common Stock/Partner's Capital	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Equity [Abstract]
Common Stock/Partner's Capital	5. Common Stock/Partners’ Capital Medical Properties Trust, Inc. In the first half of 2019, we sold 22.6 million shares of common stock under our at-the-market equity offering program, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $399 million. MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. At June 30, 2019, the Company has a 99.9% ownership interest in the Operating Partnership with the remainder owned by two other partners, which are employees. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Operating Partnership issued approximately 22.6 million units in direct response to the common stock offerings by Medical Properties Trust, Inc. during the same period.

The entire disclosure for the formation, structure, control and ownership of the partnership. Disclosures related to accounts comprising partners' capital. Includes balances of general partners' capital account, limited partners' capital account, preferred partners' capital account and total partners' capital account and units outstanding; accumulated other comprehensive income; amount and nature of changes to amount of partner's capital and units outstanding by class, rights and privileges for each class of units; distribution policies and distributions paid by unit class; impact of and correction of an error in previously issued financial statements; limitations of partners' liability; redemption, conversion and distribution policies; and deferred compensation related to the issuance of units.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2208762

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