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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) £ in Millions						6 Months Ended
	Aug. 02, 2021 USD ($) Facility	Aug. 01, 2021 USD ($) Hospital	Jul. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 06, 2021 USD ($) Hospital	Jul. 06, 2021 GBP (£) Hospital	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) Facility	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of facilities sold \| Facility						5	5
Proceeds from sale of facilities						$ 25,000,000	$ 79,000,000
Gain (loss) on real estate dispositions						$ (400,000)	$ (1,800,000)
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of facilities sold \| Facility	4
Proceeds from sale of facilities	$ 42,000,000
Gain (loss) on real estate dispositions	8,000,000
Loan principal prepayments received	$ 17,000,000
Subsequent Event \| Interim Credit Facility [Member] \| Barclays Bank PLC [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, Borrowing capacity			$ 1,000,000,000
Debt instrument maturity date			Jul. 28, 2022
Subsequent Event \| Stirling, Scotland [Member] \| Acute Care Hospital [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Funded for interim mortgage loan \| £					£ 15.6
Subsequent Event \| Los Angeles, California [Member] \| Acute Care Hospital [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of facilities acquired \| Hospital				4	4
Subsequent Event \| Los Angeles, California [Member] \| On Campus Medical Office Buildings [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of facilities acquired \| Hospital				2	2
Subsequent Event \| Los Angeles, California [Member] \| Acute Care Hospital and On Campus Medical Office Buildings [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Funded for interim mortgage loan				$ 215,000,000
Subsequent Event \| Florida [Member] \| General Acute Care Hospitals [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Funded for interim mortgage loan		$ 900,000,000
Number of facilities acquired \| Hospital		5
Subsequent Event \| Florida [Member] \| General Acute Care Hospitals [Member] \| Interim Credit Facility [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, Borrowing capacity		$ 650,000,000