The purpose of the present research is a comparative study of the performance of general teaching hospitals in Tehran using the measures of procurement, distribution, control, and maintenance. Six hospitals were selected as population: Imam Khomeini, Cancer Institute, Bahrami, Shariati, Farabi, and Valiasr. First, procurement, distribution, control, and maintenance were examined using t-test and the results indicated that all the criteria except maintenance are in good conditions. Then, significant differences between the demographic characteristics of the managers (age, gender, education, and working experience) were established using chi-square test. Finally, the hospitals were ranked with respect to the studied criteria usingGAHP, TOPSIS, and ELECTRE, and using themoving average method, the results were merged and Imam Khomeini Hospital was selected as the best in terms of performance. Shariati and Bahrami hospitals jointly shared the second position.
