Consolidated Statements Of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Rental revenue	$ 77,860	$ 69,918	$ 154,600	$ 136,349
Tenant reimbursements	3,965	4,281	8,268	8,869
Other income	1,148	187	1,698	361
Mortgage and other financing income	18,285	17,401	36,128	36,064
Total revenue	101,258	91,787	200,694	181,643
Property operating expense	5,770	5,539	12,127	11,988
Other expense	210	219	312	318
General and administrative expense	7,756	7,079	15,438	14,541
Retirement severance expense	0	0	18,578	0
Costs associated with loan refinancing	243	0	243	0
Interest expense, net	20,007	20,555	38,594	40,453
Transaction costs	4,429	756	6,035	952
Depreciation and amortization	21,849	16,002	41,204	31,329
Income before equity in income from joint ventures and other items	40,994	41,637	68,163	82,062
Equity in income from joint ventures	198	267	362	578
Gain on sale of real estate	0	0	23,924	330
Gain on sale of investment in a direct financing lease	0	220	0	220
Income before income taxes	41,192	42,124	92,449	83,190
Income tax expense (benefit)	(7,506)	1,360	920	2,285
Income from continuing operations	48,698	40,764	91,529	80,905
Discontinued operations:
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	68	(4)	58	11
Transaction (costs) benefit	0	0	0	3,376
Net income attributable to EPR Properties	48,766	40,760	91,587	84,292
Preferred dividend requirements	(5,952)	(5,952)	(11,904)	(11,904)
Net income available to common shareholders of EPR Properties	$ 42,814	$ 34,808	$ 79,683	$ 72,388
Basic earnings per share data:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.75	$ 0.65	$ 1.39	$ 1.31
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06
Net income available to common shareholders (in dollars per share)	0.75	0.65	1.39	1.37
Diluted earnings per share data:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.75	0.65	1.39	1.30
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06
Net income available to common shareholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.75	$ 0.65	$ 1.39	$ 1.36
Shares used for computation (in thousands):
Basic (in shares)	57,200	53,458	57,156	53,002
Diluted (in shares)	57,446	53,654	57,408	53,189