Consolidated Statements Of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Rental revenue	$ 93,778	$ 76,740
Tenant reimbursements	3,865	4,303
Other income	1,210	550
Mortgage and other financing income	19,915	17,843
Total revenue	118,768	99,436
Property operating expense	5,481	6,357
Other expense	5	102
General and administrative expense	9,218	7,682
Retirement severance expense	0	18,578
Costs associated with loan refinancing or payoff	552	0
Interest expense, net	23,289	18,587
Transaction costs	444	1,606
Depreciation and amortization	25,955	19,355
Income before equity in income from joint ventures and other items	53,824	27,169
Equity in income from joint ventures	212	164
Gain on sale of real estate	0	23,924
Income before income taxes	54,036	51,257
Income tax benefit (expense)	144	(8,426)
Income from continuing operations	54,180	42,831
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations	0	(10)
Net income attributable to EPR Properties	54,180	42,821
Preferred dividend requirements	(5,952)	(5,952)
Net income available to common shareholders of EPR Properties	$ 48,228	$ 36,869
Basic earnings per share data:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.77	$ 0.65
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00
Net income available to common shareholders (in dollars per share)	0.77	0.65
Diluted earnings per share data:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.77	0.64
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00
Net income available to common shareholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.77	$ 0.64
Shares used for computation (in thousands):
Basic (in shares)	62,664	57,111
Diluted (in shares)	62,744	57,378