Decision making techniques have been widely used in healthcare and medical industry.
This study systematically reviews the conventional and fuzzy decision-making techniques …

Healthcare decision making is usually characterized by a low degree of transparency. The
demand for transparent decision processes can be fulfilled only when assessment …

Background. Health care decision making is complex and requires efficient and explicit
processes to ensure transparency and consistency of factors considered. Objectives. To pilot …

Background Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) concepts, models and tools have been
used increasingly in health technology assessment (HTA), with several studies pointing out …

Priority setting in health care has been long recognized as an intrinsically complex and
value-laden process. Yet, health technology assessment agencies (HTAs) presently employ …

Due to constraints on institutional capacity and financial resources, the road to universal
health coverage (UHC) involves difficult policy choices. To assist with these choices …

Objectives The main objectives of this article are 2-fold. First, we explore the application of
multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods in different areas of health care, particularly …

Background Consistent healthcare decisionmaking requires systematic consideration of
decision criteria and evidence available to inform them. This can be tackled by combining …

Background Health care decision making requires making resource allocation decisions
among programs, services, and technologies that all compete for a finite resource pool …

In a context of ever increasing demand, the recent economic downturn has placed further
pressure on decision-makers to effectively target healthcare resources. Over recent years …