Performance indicators of hospitals affiliated to Health Network in East Azerbaijan before and after health reform

Health reform in Iran focuses on improvements in various areas health system such as different hospital indicators. This study aimed to investigate the effects of the new health transformational plan on the performance indicators.
This descriptive study carried out in two stages, before (2013) and during implementation (2015) of health transformational plan in hospitals affiliated to Health Network in East Azerbaijan. Data were collected via the hospital system of information and statistics. Data related to the key performance indicators included average length of stay, bed occupancy, bed turnover interval, in-patient and outpatient.
The result indicated that in 15 county hospitals average of all performance indicators were increased. Average length of stay increased by 4%, bed occupancy increased by 11%, bed turnover interval increased by 9%, in- patient rate increased by10% and out- patient rate increased by12% compare to before of the new health reform plan.
Implementation of the new health transformational plan had considerable impact on hospital performance indicators. These differences were differed in different hospitals.