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Lessor, Number Of Facilities Leased

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Lessor, Operating Lease, Number Of Renewal Options

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Number Of Acquisition Transactions

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Number Of Beds In Leased Facilities

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Number Of Properties Acquired

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Operating Leases, Anticipated Initial Annual Lease Revenues

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Operating Leases, Reduction To Anticipated Initial Annual Lease Revenues Due To Spin

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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

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Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average remaining lease term for operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Subsequent Events - (Details) $ in Thousands	Oct. 01, 2019 USD ($) renewal_option facility bed	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($) property transaction	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) property	Sep. 30, 2018
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Number of properties acquired \| property						20
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)				73 years		73 years
Aggregate purchase price						$ 303,871
Initial annual cash rents						$ 27,248
Skilled nursing
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of properties acquired \| property						16
Aggregate purchase price			$ 16,200			$ 246,099
Initial annual cash rents						$ 22,129
Multi-service campuses
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of properties acquired \| property						3
Aggregate purchase price						$ 45,176
Initial annual cash rents						$ 4,088
Ensign \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Rental Income
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Concentration risk (percent)				50.00%	42.00%	40.00%	42.00%
Subsequent Events \| Kalesta
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of separate transactions \| transaction		2
Subsequent Events \| Kalesta \| Skilled nursing
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
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Subsequent Events \| Kalesta \| Multi-service campuses
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of properties acquired \| property		1
Subsequent Events \| Kalesta \| Skilled nursing and Multi-service campuses
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)		14 years
Aggregate purchase price		$ 22,800
Initial annual cash rents		$ 1,900
Subsequent Events \| Ensign
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of facilities leased \| facility	84
Number of beds in leased facilities \| bed	8,531
Reduction to contractual annual cash rent as result of spin	$ 7,800
Subsequent Events \| Pennant
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of facilities leased \| facility	11
Number of beds in leased facilities \| bed	1,444
Initial annual cash rents	$ 7,800
Initial lease term (in years)	15 years
Number of renewal options \| renewal_option	2
Renewal term on lease (in years)	5 years
Subsequent Events \| Ensign \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Rental Income
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Concentration risk (percent)	33.20%
Subsequent Events \| Pennant \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Rental Income
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Concentration risk (percent)	4.90%