Table 3.

Commissioning history during the period, by hospital type^a

Type	Never commissioning		Always commissioning		Commissioning in some years		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N
General	65	42.48	51	33.33	37	24.19	153
Surgical	14	43.75	15	46.87	3	9.38	32
Psychiatric(a)	15	60.00	2	8.00	8	32.00	25
Geriatric & long stay(a)	18	48.65	11	29.73	8	21.62	37
Other monographic	13	81.25	2	12.50	1	6.25	16
Total	125	47.53	81	30.80	57	21.67	263

^aThere are only 263 hospitals included in Table 3 because the remaining 23 changed their classification at least once during the study period. The most common changes occurred in geriatrics, long term stay and psychiatric, and those between surgical and general

The % are calculated over the total of their type

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

Source: Own elaboration