Table 3.

Specification of the hospital sample [42,43,44,45].

Country	Population 1	Beds Per 100,000 Inhabitants (Rounded off) 2	Number of Hospitals with 500+ Beds 3	Number of Participating Hospitals
Czech Republic	10,693,861	662	36	28
Germany	83,135,181	800	244	64
Austria	8,904,262	727	26	16
Poland 3	37,941,122	654	n/a	n/a
Hungary	9,771,975	701	44	12
Slovakia	5,457,679	570	18	12
In total			368	132

¹ Eurostat data as of 2020. ² OECD data as of 2019. ³ These data were collected from sources [42,43,44,45] and clarified through personal correspondence.