Defining criteria weights by ahp in health technology assessment

Abstract

Objectives: Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is claimed to be the aid for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) based decision making. Transparent commitment of multi-disciplinary stakeholders is essential to attain public confidence in healthcare decision making. In current deliberative process commitment of stakeholders is not transparent. This research aims to propose a prioritization approach for MCDM applications in HTA by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).