Does technique matter; a pilot study exploring weighting techniques for a multi-criteria decision support framework.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an increased interest in the use of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to support regulatory and reimbursement decision making. The EVIDEM framework was developed to provide pragmatic multi-criteria decision support in health care, to estimate the value of healthcare interventions, and to aid in priority-setting. The objectives of this study were to test 1) the influence of different weighting techniques on the overall outcome of an MCDA exercise, 2) the discriminative power in weighting different criteria of such techniques, and 3) whether different techniques result in similar weights in weighting the criteria set proposed by the EVIDEM framework.

Methods

A sample of 60 Dutch and Canadian students participated in the study. Each student used an onl

SUBMITTER: van Til J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4406027 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature