Identification and weighting of kidney allocation criteria: a novel multi-expert fuzzy method.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Kidney allocation is a multi-criteria and complex decision-making problem, which should also consider ethical issues in addition to the medical aspects. Leading countries in this field use a point scoring system to allocate kidneys. Hence, the purpose of this study is to identify and weight the kidney allocation criteria considering the balance between utility and equity. METHODS:To do this, a new fuzzy hybrid approach is proposed, which consists of two steps: In the first step, Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM) is used to identify the effective criteria in the kidney allocation algorithm. In the second step, Intuitionistic Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (IF-AHP) is employed to determine the weight of the criteria. RESULTS:The results showed that the highest weight belongs to "Medical

SUBMITTER: Taherkhani N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6729045 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature