Dispositions and acquisitions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Dispositions and acquisitions	(9) Dispositions and acquisitions Nine-month period ended September 30, 2019: Acquisitions: During the first nine months of 2019, there were no acquisitions. Divestitures: During the first nine months of 2019, we received approximately $7 million from the divestiture of the real property of a previously closed behavioral health care facility. Nine-month period ended September 30, 2018: Acquisitions: During the first nine months of 2018, we paid approximately $108 million to acquire businesses and property consisting primarily of the acquisition of: (i) The Danshell Group, consisting of 25 behavioral health facilities located in the U.K. (acquired during the third quarter of 2018), and; (ii) a 109-bed behavioral health care facility located in Gulfport, Mississippi (acquired during the first quarter). Divestitures: During the first nine months of 2018, we received approximately $14 million in connection with: (i) the required divestiture of an 18-bed behavioral health care facility located in the U.K. (pursuant to the final ruling of The Competition and Markets Authority in connection with our acquisition of Cambian Group, PLC), and; (ii) the real property of a closed behavioral health facility.

Dispositions and acquisitions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

(9) Dispositions and acquisitions

Nine-month period ended September 30, 2019:

Acquisitions:

During the first nine months of 2019, there were no acquisitions.

Divestitures:

During the first nine months of 2019, we received approximately $7 million from the divestiture of the real property of a previously closed behavioral health care facility.

Nine-month period ended September 30, 2018:

Acquisitions:

During the first nine months of 2018, we paid approximately $108 million to acquire businesses and property consisting primarily of the acquisition of: (i) The Danshell Group, consisting of 25 behavioral health facilities located in the U.K. (acquired during the third quarter of 2018), and; (ii) a 109-bed behavioral health care facility located in Gulfport, Mississippi (acquired during the first quarter).

Divestitures:

During the first nine months of 2018, we received approximately $14 million in connection with: (i) the required divestiture of an 18-bed behavioral health care facility located in the U.K. (pursuant to the final ruling of The Competition and Markets Authority in connection with our acquisition of Cambian Group, PLC), and; (ii) the real property of a closed behavioral health facility.