title: Contributions of public and private sectors to the Iranian cataract surgery output.
abstract: This study determined trends in the contributions of the public and private sectors to the cataract surgery output in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Data about cataract surgeries performed at surgical centres throughout the nation were extracted from patient charts for a 5-year period from 2006 to 2010. Of the total 516 273 surgeries performed in 2010, more were done in public sector centres (61.7%) than private ones (38.3%). The total number of surgeries increased by 59.1% between 2006 and 2010. Analysis of the relative contributions of the public and private sectors showed a 41.0% increase in surgeries in public centres and 100.5% in private centres over the 5-year period. Thus the rate of growth of cataract surgery in the private sector was 2.7 times greater than that in the public sector. Despite a smaller contribution to the total number of cataract surgeries, the private sector has experienced a substantial rate of growth.
authors.affiliation: Noor Ophthalmology Research Centre, Noor Eye Hospital, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashemi
authors.affiliation: Noor Ophthalmology Research Centre, Noor Eye Hospital, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rezvan
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fotouhi
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khabazkhoob
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gilasi
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Etemad
authors.affiliation: Noor Ophthalmology Research Centre, Noor Eye Hospital, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahdavi
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asgari
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector