Table 1.

The outsourced medical units in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, during 2010–2012

Unit name	Number of beds	Bed occupancy rate (%)	Date of outsourcing	Type of outsourcing	Cost of contract/Yearly US dollars
Zeinabieh Hospital’s pharmacy	196	68.5	20/04/2012	Leased	30,695.44
Lamerd Hospital’s pharmacy	102	81.3	23/02/2011	Leased	3549.16
Ali Asghr Hospital’s pharmacy	117	78.68	25/09/2011	Leased	21,902.47
Hafez Hospital’s pharmacy	165	89	20/01/2013	Leased	23,021.58
Emam Bagher Ghir va Karzin Hospital’s pharmacy	22	75	8/04/2010	Leased	1758.59
Khonj Medical Center Dentistry	–	–	28/02/2013	Collaborative (20% governmental and 80% private)	2097.52 (+) 20% of university’s share
Bigherd Medical Center Dentistry	–	–	28/02/2013	Collaborative (20% governmental and 80% private)	1438.84 (+) 20% of university’s share
Sede Eghlid Medical Center Dentistry	–	–	3/30/2012	Leased	2877.69 (+)
Eb-e-Sina Hospital’s lab	229	95	28/01/2012	Leased	7050.35
Shooshtari Hospital’s lab	38	94.7	21/01/2012	Leased	3490.54 (+)
Ghotb aldin Hospital’s lab	66	69.6	20/02/2011	Leased	5915.26 (−)
Lamerd Hospital’s lab	102	81.3	20/02/2011	Leased	1918.46 (+)
Dabiran Medical Center’s lab	–	–	22/11/2011	Management	0*

*In Dabiran Medical Center’s lab, capita rural insurance has been paid as service delivery to the contractor; thus, the total income and profits of university was zero