Assessment Efficiency of the Farabi Eye Hospital (Tehran): 1999-2

To assess the efficiency of Farabi eye hospital between 1999 and 2001, this study, as a sectional descriptive survey, was performed in Farabi eye hospital to compare the statist performance of different wards of the hospital with other hospital indicators.

The results showed that delivered services in various clinics, surgical operations, paracl services and financial performance indicated an increase in trend. Although bed turn ov~ had increased, bed occupancy rate and average Lenght of stay showed no increase. Mortalil and patients' satisfaction showed desirable quality.

Excluding the decline in university financial support and limitation of human resc supply from hospital inputs as well as the educational activities from its output, the incr delivered sevices, while keeping the desirable quality, indicated that Farabi hospital's effie was promoted.

Bed occupancy rate was not sufficient to estimate the efficiency of hospital and il necessary to be used with the statistics on hospital's different wards and other ho, indicators.