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

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Lessor Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Annual Lease Revenue Per Lease Terms

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Lessor Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Escalation Factor, Minimum

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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 Purchase Options Under Lease

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Number Of Renewal Options Under Lease

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Number Of Transitioned Facilities

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 20
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84177426&loc=d3e6404-108592

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
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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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The number of units (items of property) under operating lease arrangements.

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Concentration of Risk - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Concentration of Risk - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Nov. 02, 2017 facility	Oct. 01, 2015 USD ($) renewal_option purchase-option facility	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($) facility	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) facility state bed
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of living facilities				174
Description of highest concentration of properties				The four states in which Ensign leases the highest concentration of properties are California, Texas, Utah and Arizona.
Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living and Independent Living Facilities \| Assets Leased to Ensign
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of living facilities				171
Number of units available in living facilities \| bed				16,795
Liberty Healthcare Portfolio
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of facilities acquired		14
Acquisition consideration \| $		$ 176.5
Facilities subject to operating lease				16
Liberty Healthcare Portfolio \| Pristine Master Lease
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Leases period		15 years
Leases renewal options \| renewal_option		2
Leases renewal term		5 years
Leases purchase options \| purchase-option		0
Annual lease revenue per master lease terms \| $				$ 18.6
Escalation factor for calculating revenues after year two				0.00%
Percentage change in the consumer price index				3.00%
Ensign
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of states where Ensign leases the highest concentration of properties \| state				4
Ensign \| Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living and Independent Living Facilities \| Assets Leased to Ensign
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of living facilities				92
Number of units available in living facilities \| bed				9,754
Subsequent Event
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of facilities acquired			13
Acquisition consideration \| $			$ 135.0
Subsequent Event \| Pristine Amendment
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of transitioned facilities	7