Facilities Accounted For As Asset Acquisitions

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Facilities Accounted For As Business Combinations

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The capitalized costs incurred during the period (excluded from amortization) to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire an unproved property, including costs of lease bonuses and options to purchase or lease properties, the portion of costs applicable to minerals when land including mineral rights is purchased in fee, brokers' fees, recording fees, legal costs, and other costs incurred in acquiring properties.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Acquisitions and Dispositions - Investment Activity (Details) $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 16, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) properties	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price				$ 588,176		$ 836,500
Facilities accounted for as asset acquisitions \| properties						6
Capitalized acquisition costs						$ 200
Facilities accounted for as business combinations \| properties						8
Acquisition expenses				$ 5,242	$ 3,256	$ 10,647	$ 6,633
MedStar Stephen's Crossing
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price			$ 20,900
St. Vincent Portfolio (2 MOBs)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price		$ 93,880
2017 CHI Portfolio - Tranche 1 (8 MOBs)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price		$ 124,181
Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price	$ 290,000
Orthopedic & Sports Institute of the Fox Valley
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price	27,900
Peachtree Dunwoody MOB - Parking Deck
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price	$ 25,000
Loan Investments
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price						$ 6,315