Consolidated Statements Of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Rental revenue	$ 69,918	$ 60,160	$ 136,349	$ 120,548
Tenant reimbursements	4,281	4,452	8,869	9,196
Other income	187	104	361	128
Mortgage and other financing income	17,401	18,236	36,064	36,031
Total revenue	91,787	82,952	181,643	165,903
Property operating expense	5,539	5,990	11,988	13,025
Other expense	219	187	318	336
General and administrative expense	7,079	6,051	14,541	12,703
Costs associated with loan refinancing or payoff	0	5,943	0	5,943
Gain on early extinguishment of debt	0	0	0	(4,539)
Interest expense, net	20,555	20,000	40,453	39,989
Transaction costs	756	224	952	542
Depreciation and amortization	16,002	13,176	31,329	25,998
Income before equity in income from joint ventures and other items	41,637	31,381	82,062	71,906
Equity in income from joint ventures	267	466	578	817
Gain on sale of land	0	0	330	0
Gain on sale of investment in a direct financing lease	220	0	220	0
Income before income taxes	42,124	31,847	83,190	72,723
Income tax expense	1,360	0	2,285	0
Income from continuing operations	40,764	31,847	80,905	72,723
Discontinued operations:
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	(4)	629	11	394
Transaction (costs) benefit	0	0	3,376	0
Gain on sale of real estate	0	0	0	565
Net income attributable to EPR Properties	40,760	32,476	84,292	73,682
Preferred dividend requirements	(5,952)	(5,952)	(11,904)	(11,904)
Net income available to common shareholders of EPR Properties	$ 34,808	$ 26,524	$ 72,388	$ 61,778
Basic earnings per share data:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.65	$ 0.55	$ 1.31	$ 1.30
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ 0.01	$ 0.06	$ 0.02
Net income available to common shareholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.65	$ 0.56	$ 1.37	$ 1.32
Diluted earnings per share data:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.65	$ 0.55	$ 1.30	$ 1.29
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ 0.01	$ 0.06	$ 0.02
Net income available to common shareholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.65	$ 0.56	$ 1.36	$ 1.31
Shares used for computation (in thousands):
Basic (in shares)	53,458	47,081	53,002	46,969
Diluted (in shares)	53,654	47,294	53,189	47,172