Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Rental properties, net	$ 2,104,151	$ 1,885,093
Rental properties held for sale, net	0	2,788
Land held for development	201,342	196,177
Property under development	89,473	29,376
Mortgage notes and related accrued interest receivable, net	486,337	455,752
Investment in a direct financing lease, net	242,212	234,089
Investment in joint ventures	5,275	11,971
Cash and cash equivalents	7,958	10,664	14,625	11,776
Restricted cash	9,714	23,991
Deferred financing costs, net	23,344	19,679
Accounts receivable, net	42,538	38,738
Intercompany notes receivable	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	59,932	38,412
Total assets	3,272,276	2,946,730
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	72,327	65,481
Dividends payable	19,553	41,186
Unearned rents and interest	17,046	11,333
Intercompany notes payable	0	0
Debt	1,475,336	1,368,832
Total liabilities	1,584,262	1,486,832
EPR Properties shareholders’ equity	1,687,637	1,459,521
Noncontrolling interests	377	377
Equity	1,688,014	1,459,898	1,498,103	1,631,258
Total liabilities and equity	3,272,276	2,946,730
EPR Properties (Issuer) [Member]
Rental properties, net	0	0
Rental properties held for sale, net		0
Land held for development	0	0
Property under development	18	0
Mortgage notes and related accrued interest receivable, net	0	0
Investment in a direct financing lease, net	0	0
Investment in joint ventures	0	7,250
Cash and cash equivalents	449	1,531	1,932	3,356
Restricted cash	1,150	0
Deferred financing costs, net	17,221	13,563
Accounts receivable, net	106	139
Intercompany notes receivable	0	103,104
Investments in subsidiaries	2,852,543	2,231,079
Other assets	19,292	21,482
Total assets	2,890,779	2,378,148
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	43,589	37,441
Dividends payable	19,553	41,186
Unearned rents and interest	0	0
Intercompany notes payable	0	0
Debt	1,140,000	840,000
Total liabilities	1,203,142	918,627
EPR Properties shareholders’ equity	1,687,637	1,459,521
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Equity	1,687,637	1,459,521
Total liabilities and equity	2,890,779	2,378,148
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Guarantors [Member]
Rental properties, net	1,341,770	1,113,658
Rental properties held for sale, net		0
Land held for development	0	0
Property under development	77,283	25,419
Mortgage notes and related accrued interest receivable, net	460,533	414,075
Investment in a direct financing lease, net	242,212	234,089
Investment in joint ventures	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents	705	651	1,243	1,816
Restricted cash	6,735	9,715
Deferred financing costs, net	5,439	4,812
Accounts receivable, net	22,555	16,830
Intercompany notes receivable	0	0
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	5,725	3,956
Total assets	2,162,957	1,823,205
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	19,793	16,662
Dividends payable	0	0
Unearned rents and interest	13,528	7,393
Intercompany notes payable	0	0
Debt	0	53,315
Total liabilities	33,321	77,370
EPR Properties shareholders’ equity	2,129,636	1,745,835
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Equity	2,129,636	1,745,835
Total liabilities and equity	2,162,957	1,823,205
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Rental properties, net	762,381	771,435
Rental properties held for sale, net		2,788
Land held for development	201,342	196,177
Property under development	12,172	3,957
Mortgage notes and related accrued interest receivable, net	25,804	41,677
Investment in a direct financing lease, net	0	0
Investment in joint ventures	5,275	4,721
Cash and cash equivalents	6,804	8,482	11,450	6,604
Restricted cash	1,829	14,276
Deferred financing costs, net	684	1,304
Accounts receivable, net	19,877	21,769
Intercompany notes receivable	175,757	4,147
Investments in subsidiaries	0	0
Other assets	34,915	12,974
Total assets	1,246,840	1,083,707
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	8,945	11,378
Dividends payable	0	0
Unearned rents and interest	3,518	3,940
Intercompany notes payable	175,757	107,251
Debt	335,336	475,517
Total liabilities	523,556	598,086
EPR Properties shareholders’ equity	722,907	485,244
Noncontrolling interests	377	377
Equity	723,284	485,621
Total liabilities and equity	1,246,840	1,083,707
Consolidated Elimination [Member]
Rental properties, net	0	0
Rental properties held for sale, net		0
Land held for development	0	0
Property under development	0	0
Mortgage notes and related accrued interest receivable, net	0	0
Investment in a direct financing lease, net	0	0
Investment in joint ventures	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Restricted cash	0	0
Deferred financing costs, net	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Intercompany notes receivable	(175,757)	(107,251)
Investments in subsidiaries	(2,852,543)	(2,231,079)
Other assets	0	0
Total assets	(3,028,300)	(2,338,330)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	0	0
Dividends payable	0	0
Unearned rents and interest	0	0
Intercompany notes payable	(175,757)	(107,251)
Debt	0	0
Total liabilities	(175,757)	(107,251)
EPR Properties shareholders’ equity	(2,852,543)	(2,231,079)
Noncontrolling interests	0	0
Equity	(2,852,543)	(2,231,079)
Total liabilities and equity	$ (3,028,300)	$ (2,338,330)