A new evaluation model for service quality of health care systems based on AHP and information axiom

Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1009-1021

  Aktas, Ahmet ^a,c   Cebi, Selcuk ^b   Temiz, Izzettin ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

AHP; decision making; information axiom; service quality

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

AHP; CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURE; EVALUATION MODELING; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; INFORMATION AXIOM; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; SERVICE QUALITY; SERVICE QUALITY INDICES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84923163897     PISSN: 10641246     EISSN: 18758967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IFS-141385     Document Type: Article

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