Number of states where the entity's major tenants lease the highest concentration of properties.

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Lessor Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Escalation Factor, Minimum

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Number Of Affiliate's Principals Guaranteeing Lease

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Number Of Facilities In A Real Estate Acquisition

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Number of licensed nursing center beds.

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Number Of Major Customers

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Number Of Renewal Options Under Lease

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Operating Leases, Anticipated Initial Annual Lease Revenues

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Description of risks that arise due to the volume of business transacted with a particular customer. At a minimum, the description informs financial statement users of the general nature of the risk, but excludes "Information about Major Customers" that may be disclosed elsewhere (for instance, segment disclosures).

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Description of risks that arise due to concentrations of operating facilities, revenues, assets, customers, vendors or the like in a certain geographic area, either domestic or foreign. The description may address risks inherent in the geographic area, and, at a minimum, informs users of the general nature of the risk, but excludes "Information about Geographic Areas" that may be disclosed elsewhere (for instance, segment disclosures)..

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Term of the lessor's leasing arrangement renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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The percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the lessor's operating lease.

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of a piece of land and anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it and so forth, and payments to develop real estate assets by adding improvements on or to a parcel of land. Such improvements may include drainage, utilities, subdividing, access, buildings, and any combination of these elements. Including real estate intended to generate income for the owner; excluding real estate acquired for use by the owner.

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Concentration of Risk - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2015 USD ($) principal renewal_option facility	Dec. 31, 2015 property tenant state bed	Dec. 31, 2014 tenant	Dec. 31, 2013 tenant	Dec. 31, 2015 facility
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of major tenants \| tenant		1	1	1
Description of highest concentration of properties		The four states in which Ensign leases the highest concentration of properties are California, Texas, Utah and Arizona.
Liberty Healthcare Portfolio [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of facilities acquired \| facility	14
Acquisition consideration	$ 176.5
Leases period	15 years
Leases renewal options \| renewal_option	2
Leases renewal term	5 years
Anticipated annual lease revenues	$ 17.0
Liberty Healthcare Portfolio [Member] \| Pristine Master Lease [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Leases period	15 years
Leases renewal options \| renewal_option	2
Leases renewal term	5 years
Anticipated annual lease revenues	$ 17.0
Escalation factor for calculating revenues after year two	0.00%
Percentage change in the consumer price index	3.00%
Number of affiliate's principals guaranteeing lease \| principal	2
Assets Leased to Ensign [Member] \| Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living and Independent Living Facilities [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of living facilities \| facility					119
Number of units available in living facilities \| bed		12,144
Ensign [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of states where Ensign leases the highest concentration of properties \| state		4
Ensign [Member] \| Assets Leased to Ensign [Member] \| Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living and Independent Living Facilities [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of living facilities		94			94
Number of units available in living facilities \| bed		10,121
Revenue [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Tenant description		The Company has one major tenant, Ensign