Consolidated Statements Of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Rental revenue	$ 96,055	$ 77,860	$ 189,833	$ 154,600
Tenant reimbursements	3,891	3,965	7,756	8,268
Other income	2,126	1,148	3,336	1,698
Mortgage and other financing income	15,961	18,285	35,876	36,128
Total revenue	118,033	101,258	236,801	200,694
Property operating expense	5,580	5,770	11,061	12,127
Other expense	0	210	5	312
General and administrative expense	9,000	7,756	18,218	15,438
Retirement severance expense	0	0	0	18,578
Costs associated with loan refinancing or payoff	339	243	891	243
Interest expense, net	22,756	20,007	46,045	38,594
Transaction costs	1,490	4,429	1,934	6,035
Depreciation and amortization	25,666	21,849	51,621	41,204
Income before equity in income from joint ventures and other items	53,202	40,994	107,026	68,163
Equity in income from joint ventures	86	198	298	362
Gain on sale of real estate	2,270	0	2,270	23,924
Income before income taxes	55,558	41,192	109,594	92,449
Income tax benefit (expense)	(423)	7,506	(279)	(920)
Income from continuing operations	55,135	48,698	109,315	91,529
Discontinued operations:
Income from discontinued operations	0	68	0	58
Net income attributable to EPR Properties	55,135	48,766	109,315	91,587
Preferred dividend requirements	(5,952)	(5,952)	(11,904)	(11,904)
Net income available to common shareholders of EPR Properties	$ 49,183	$ 42,814	$ 97,411	$ 79,683
Basic earnings per share data:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.77	$ 0.75	$ 1.54	$ 1.39
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Net income available to common shareholders (in dollars per share)	0.77	0.75	1.54	1.39
Diluted earnings per share data:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.77	0.75	1.54	1.39
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Net income available to common shareholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.77	$ 0.75	$ 1.54	$ 1.39
Shares used for computation (in thousands):
Basic (in shares)	63,592	57,200	63,128	57,156
Diluted (in shares)	63,678	57,446	63,213	57,408