Making the right decisions about new technologies: A perspective on criteria and preferences in hospitals

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 245-254

  Gurtner, Sebastian ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AHP; decision making; hospital; MCDA; priority setting

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION; TECHNOLOGY;

DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84902286273     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: 15505030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3182993b91     Document Type: Article

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