Background
Conceptualization of the MCDA
Stages of the multicriteria decision model
Methods
General search data
Author | Journal | Country | Intervention type | Problem type | Problem definition | Definition of criteria | Method |
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Tarimcilar and Khaksari [50] | Socioecon. Plann. Sci. | USA | Management | Ranking | Decision-makers | Decision-makers | AHP |
Sinuany-stern et al. [64] | Locat. Sci. | Israel | Management | Choice | Group discussion | Group discussion | AHP |
Dolan [48] | Heal. Expect. | USA | Health Care | Choice | Group discussion and specialists | Literature | AHP |
Baltussen and Niessen [21] | Cost Eff. Resour. Alloc. | Netherlands | Resources | Sorting | Decision-makers | Decision-makers | WHO-CHOICE |
Singh et al. [33] | BMC Med. Inform. Decis. Mak. | USA | Management | Sorting | Decision-makers | Decision-makers | AHP |
Ágnes [66] | Magy. Onkol. | Hungary | Resources | Ranking | Literature | Literature | FUZZY LOGIC |
Doerner et al. [27] | Eur. J. Oper. Res. | Senegal | Location | Choice | Literature | Literature | P-ACO |
Goetghebeur et al. [25] | BMC Health Serv. Res. | Canada | Management | Sorting | Literature | Literature | EVIDEM |
Jehu-appiah et al. [61] | Value Heal. | Ghana | Health Care | Ranking | Decision-makers | Interview | WHO-CHOICE |
Kuzma et al. [49] | Risk Anal. | USA | Management | Sorting | Literature | Group discussion | IOA |
Sustersic et al. [32] | J Int Med Res | Slovenia | Health Care | Sorting | Specialists | Literature | HMADM |
Dursun et al. [31] | World Acad. Sci. Eng. Technol. | Turkey | Pollution | Ranking | Group discussion and specialists | Group discussion | FUZZY LOGIC |
Goetghebeur et al. [39] | Cost Eff. Resour. Alloc. | Canada | Health Care | Sorting | Literature | specialists | EVIDEM |
Danner et al. [67] | Int. J. Technol. Assess. Health Care | Germany | Health Care | Ranking | Decision-makers | Group discussion | AHP |
Dursun et al. [42] | World Acad. Sci. Eng. Technol. | Turkey | Pollution | Ranking | Group discussion and specialists | Literature | FUZZY LOGIC |
Dursun et al. [43] | Resour. Conserv. Recycl. | Turkey | Pollution | Choice | Literature and specialists | Literature and specialists | FUZZY LOGIC |
Lee and Kwak [68] | J. Med. Syst. | South Korea | Management | Ranking | Group discussion | Group discussion | AHP |
Padma and Balasubramanie [35] | Expert Syst. Appl. | India | Health Care | Ranking | Specialists | Literature | FUZZY LOGIC |
Tony et al. [40] | BMC Health Serv. Res. | Canada | Health Care | Choice | Decision-makers | Literature | EVIDEM |
Defechereux et al. [62] | BMC Health Serv. Res. | Norway | Others | Sorting | Literature | Specialists | FUZZY LOGIC |
Mirelman et al. [63] | Value Heal. | Brazil, Nepal, Norway, Uganda and Cuba | Others | Ranking | Literature | Specialists | FUZZY LOGIC |
Hummel et al. [56] | Appl. Health Econ. Health Policy | Netherlands | Health Care | Choice | Decision-makers | Literature | AHP |
Isoke and Van Dijk [69] | Water Environ. J. | Uganda | Pollution | Sorting | specialists | specialists | AHP |
Liu et al. [10] | Waste Manag. | China | Pollution | Ranking | Literature | Specialists | VIKOR |
Lu et al. [26] | Decis. Support Syst. | Taiwan | Resources | Choice | specialists | Literature | VIKOR |
Özkan [45] | Waste Manag. Res. | Turkey | Pollution | Ranking | Literature | Literature | ANP and ELECTRE III |
Diaz-Ledezma et al. [47] | Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. | USA | Health Care | Ranking | Literature | Literature | AHP |
Liu et al. [51] | Waste Manag. | China | Pollution | Choice | Literature | Specialists | ITL-MULTIMOORA |
Oddershede et al. [70] | Int. J. Comput. Commun. Control | Chile | Resources | Ranking | Decision-makers | Literature | OPENET |
Reddy et al. [34] | Public Health | United Kingdom | Health Care | Ranking | Group discussion and specialists | Group discussion | AHP |
Stromme et al. [71] | Dev. World Bioeth. | Norway | Health Care | Ranking | Literature | Literature | FUZZY LOGIC |
Til et al. [57] | Cost Eff. Resour. Alloc. | Netherlands | Resources | Ranking | Literature | Specialists | EVIDEM |
Venhorst et al. [58] | Cost Eff. Resour. Alloc. | Netherlands | Health Care | Sorting | Group discussion | Specialists | DELPHI |
Ahmadi et al. [65] | Int. J. Med. Inform. | Malaysia | Resources | Sorting | Literature | Specialists | ANP |
Cabrera-Barona et al. [72] | IInt. J. Health Geogr. | Ecuador | Others | Sorting | Literature | Literature | AHP |
Dehe and Bamford [9] | Expert Syst. Appl. | United Kingdom | Location | Choice | Literature | Decision-makers | AHP |
Diaby and Lachaine [38] | Appl. Health Econ. Health Policy | Canada | Management | Ranking | Decision-makers | Decision-makers | WHO |
Graaf et al. [55] | Biomed Res. Int. | Netherlands | Health Care | Ranking | Group discussion and specialists | Group discussion and literature | SMAA-O |
Kulak et al. [44] | Appl. Soft Comput. | Turkey | Resources | Choice | Group discussion | Group discussion | FUZZY LOGIC |
Kuruoglu et al. [73] | BMC Med. Inform. Decis. Mak. | Peru | Others | Choice | Group discussion | Literature and specialists | AHP |
Paolucci et al. [53] | Health Policy Plan. | China | Health Care | Ranking | Decision-makers | Decision-makers | DCE |
Ritrovato et al. [74] | Value in Health | Italy | Health Care | Choice | Literature | Literature | AHP |
Wahlster et al. [75] | Heal. Res. Policy Syst. | Germany | Others | Sorting | Literature | Specialists | EVIDEM |
Carnero [30] | Shock Vib. | Portugal | Resources | Choice | Literature | Literature | FAHP |
Carnero and Gómez [76] | BMC Med. Inform. Decis. Mak. | Spain | Resources | Choice | Literature | Group discussion and literature | MACBETH |
Delice and Zegerek [8] | Appl. Math. Inf. Sci. | Turkey | Turkey | Ranking | Ranking | Specialists | FUZZY LOGIC- GRA |
Diaby et al. [46] | Expert Rev. Pharmacoecon. Outcomes Res. | USA | Resources | Choice | Group discussion | Group discussion | ELICIT |
Gómez and Carnero [77] | Int. Fed. Autom. Control | Portugal | Resources | Choice | Literature | Group discussion | MACBETH |
Hongoh et al. [29] | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health | Canada | Health Care | Ranking | Group discussion and decision-makers | Group discussion and literature | PROMETHEE II |
Hussain and Malik [36] | J. Health Organ. Manag. | Abu Dhabi | Pollution | Ranking | Literature | Literature | AHP |
Hussain et al. [78] | Bus. Process Manag. J. | United Arab Emirates | Health Care | Choice | Specialists | Literature and specialists | AHP |
Kalhor et al. [79] | J. Biol. Today’s World | Iran | Pollution | Choice | Specialists | Specialists | TOPSIS |
Kim and Kim [80] | Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. | Korea | Health Care | Ranking | Specialists | Specialists | AHP |
Lu et al. [52] | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health | China | Pollution | Choice | Literature | Specialists | ITI-TOPSIS |
Mahfoud et al. [81] | Am. J. Appl. Sci. | Morocco | Resources | Ranking | Specialists | Specialists | PROMETHEE |
Merola et al. [82] | Int. J. Bus. Syst. Res. | Italy | Resources | Ranking | Group discussion and literature | Literature | AHP |
Mohamadi et al. [83] | Shiraz E-Med J | Iran | Health Care | Choice | Literature and specialists | Group discussion and literature | SAW |
Nilashi et al. [84] | Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. | Malaysia | Resources | Sorting | Literature | Literature | ANP |
Rebolledo et al. [59] | J. Environ. Manage. | Spain | Pollution | Sorting | Literature | Literature | AHP |
Shafii et al. [85] | Osong Public Heal. Res. Perspect. | Iran | Others l | Ranking | Literature | Literature | TOPSIS |
Wagner et al. [41] | PharmacoEconomics | Canada | Health Care | Ranking | Decision-makers | Literature | EVIDEM |
Wang et al. [54] | Comput. Ind. Eng. | China | Others | Ranking | Group discussion and decision-makers | Literature and specialists | IVIF-COPRAS |
Carnero and Gómez [28] | Sustain. | Spain | Resources | Choice | Literature | Group discussion | MACBETH |
Hancerliogullari et al. [86] | BMC Med. Inform. Decis. Mak. | United Kingdom | Resources | Ranking | Decision-makers | Specialists | TOPSIS |
Hillerman et al. [87] | J. Comput. Sci. | Brazil | Management | Ranking | Group discussion and literature | Literature | AHP |
Hillerman et al. [87] | J. Comput. Sci. | Brazil | Management | Ranking | Group discussion and literature | Literature | AHP |
Wagner et al. [60] | BMC Cancer | France, Italy and Spain | Health Care | Ranking | Literature | Literature | FUZZY LOGIC |
Search steps and search criteria
Inclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria for title and abstract
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Inclusion criteria for full text
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Is a health intervention aided by the MCDA. | The MCDA is structured according to the steps proposed by Diaby and Goeree (2014); Provide the necessary information for analysis of general data and methodological steps. |
Exclusion criteria
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Exclusion criteria for title and abstract |
Full text exclusion criteria
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Does not present abstract; Does not present the full text available; Be a review article; Does not be an MCDA application and / nor Does; Not be MCDA application in the health area. | Be an MCDA application, however: Does not follow the steps outlined above; Does not make clear the structuring of the problem; Does not make clear the criteria and their origin; Does not present decision matrix; Does not present the quantitative weighting of the criteria; Presents a purely mathematical model. |
Results
Analysis of the general aspects
Research | Year of publication | Scopus citations |
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Baltussen et al. [21] | 2006 | 265 |
Goetghebeur et al. [25] | 2008 | 76 |
Goetghebeur et al. [39] | 2010 | 70 |
Lu et al. [26] | 2013 | 64 |
Doerner et al. [27] | 2007 | 63 |
Dursun et al. [31] | 2010 | 49 |
Jehu-Appiah et al. [61] | 2008 | 47 |
Liu et al. [10] | 2013 | 43 |
Tony et al. [40] | 2011 | 41 |
Singh et al. [33] | 2006 | 34 |
Liu et al. [51] | 2014 | 34 |
Defechereux et al. [62] | 2012 | 33 |
Kuzma et al. [49] | 2008 | 32 |
Dolan [48] | 2005 | 30 |
Dursun et al. [43] | 2011 | 30 |
Mirelman et al. [63] | 2012 | 26 |
Sinuany-Stern et al. [64] | 1995 | 23 |
Til et al. [57] | 2014 | 21 |
Ahmadi et al. [65] | 2015 | 21 |
Diaz-Ledezma et al. [47] | 2014 | 17 |
Analysis of methodological steps
Definition of the decision problem
Definition of decision criteria
Some examples
Types of problem and multicriteria method
Exclusions
Discussion
Decade | Quantity | Growth |
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1990 | 2 | - |
2000 | 9 | 450% |
2010 | 55 | 611% |