Monitoring healthcare performance by analytic hierarchy process: A developing-country perspective

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 465-478

  Ahsan, M K ^a   Bartlema, J ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Bartlema Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AHP; Healthcare planning; Operations research practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949186627     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2004.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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