A model for priority setting of health technology assessment: the experience of AHP-TOPSIS combination approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent times, the use of health technologies in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases experienced considerable and accelerated growth. The goal of the present study was to describe the designated pilot MCDM (Multiple Criteria Decision Making) model for priority setting of health technology assessment in Iran.

Methods

Relevant articles were sought and retrieved from the most appropriate medical databases, including the Cochrane Library, PubMed and Scopus via three separate search strategies, using MESH and free text until March, 2015. Retrieved criteria were questioned from health technology assessment experts in two rounds and the relative weight for valid criteria was finally obtained from paired wise comparison method. After extraction of relative weights b

SUBMITTER: Mobinizadeh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4827190 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature