Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis for Health Care Decision Making - Emerging Good Practices: Report 2 of the ISPOR MCDA Emerging Good Practices Task Force

Value in Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 125-137

  Marsh, Kevin ^a   Ijzerman, Maarten ^b   Thokala, Praveen ^c   Baltussen, Rob ^d   Boysen, Meindert ^e   Kaló, Zoltán ^f,g   Lönngren, Thomas ^h   Mussen, Filip ⁱ   Peacock, Stuart ^j,k   Watkins, John ^l,m   Devlin, Nancy ⁿ  

^a EVIDERA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^f EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^g Syreon Research Institute   (Hungary)

^h NDA Group AB   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^j BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^k SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l Premera Blue Cross   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁿ Office of Health Economics   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

decision making; healthcare; MCDA; multiple criteria decision analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; BUDGET; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHECKLIST; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BUDGETS; CHECKLIST; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 84959574946     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.12.016     Document Type: Article

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