Business combination acquirees stockholder's additional cash amount per share received.

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Amount recognized as of the acquisition date for the assets, including goodwill, in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed, less the noncontrolling interest in the acquiree.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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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 (Narrative) (Detail) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2019 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) facility $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) facility $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) facility $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) facility $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2016 facility	Sep. 30, 2018 facility	Apr. 01, 2015 $ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share price		$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.10			$ 0.10
Direct financing lease
Number of facilities sold \| facility		14	32	78	52	38
Accounts receivable \| $		$ 347,377	$ 279,334	$ 347,377	$ 279,334
Orianna
Direct financing lease
Number of facilities transitioned \| facility							22
MedEquities
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Expected consideration for business combination \| $		$ 600,000		$ 600,000
Subsequent event \| MedEquities
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Business combination acquirees' stockholders conversion ratio of acquirer's stock received	0.235
Business combination acquirees stockholder's additional cash amount per share received	$ 2.00
Special cash dividend (per share)	$ 0.21