Table 2.

Sample distribution by type and size

	Total sample		Commissioning
Type	N Obs.	%	N Obs.	% (over type)
General	2091	63.67	1.055	50.45
Surgical	298	9.07	142	47.65
Psychiatric(a)	341	10.38	94	27.56
Geriatric & long stay(a)	410	12.48	182	44.39
Other monographic	144	4.38	18	12.5
Size	N Obs.	%	N Obs.	% (over size)
Small (Less 50 beds)	1101	33.53	335	30.42
Medium (Between 50 and 100)	1131	34.44	527	46.59
Big (More than 100 beds)	1052	32.03	629	59.79
Total	3284	100	1491	45.40

Obs.: observations refer to hospital-year

(a) Psychiatric and Geriatric & long stay are included in the category “Medium and Long stay” in the models

Source: Own elaboration