Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Schedule II: Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

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

December 31, 2019

			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)
2019	$	66,131	$	50,893	(2)	$	(7,221	)	(3)	$	109,803
2018	$	16,397	$	57,285	(4)	$	(7,551	)	(5)	$	66,131
2017	$	18,852	$	2,525	(6)	$	(4,980	)	(7)	$	16,397

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

(2) Represents $21.0 million increase to real estate impairment reserves, $22.0 million increase in accounts receivable and other reserves, and a $7.9 million increase in our tax valuation allowance to reserve against an increase in our net deferred tax assets in 2019.

(3) Includes $7.2 million decrease in real estate impairment reserve related to disposals in 2019.

(4) Represents $48 million increase to real estate impairment reserve and $9.3 million increases in accounts receivable reserves during 2018.

(5) Includes $7.7 million decrease in valuation allowance (which includes the $4.4 million release of domestic valuation allowances in the 2018 fourth quarter) that was originally recorded to reserve against our net deferred tax assets.

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

(7) Includes $4.9 million decrease in valuation allowance that was originally recorded to reserve against our net deferred tax assets.