Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Beyond Value Function Methods in MCDA for Health Care

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to Support Healthcare Decisions

Abstract

In health-care decision-making, the predominance of some value function multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods may obscure the existence and potential usefulness of alternative MCDA methods. The current chapter provides an introduction to alternative value function and non-value function methods. The alternative value function methods presented are approaches based on multi-attribute value theory (MAVT): measuring attractiveness by a categorical-based evaluation technique (MACBETH), Variable Interdependent Parameters (VIP) analysis, and stochastic multi-criteria acceptability analysis (SMAA). Non-value function methods described include goal programming models, dominance-based rough set approach, and outranking models. The chapter also reviews their use in health to date and ends with concluding remarks.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Adunlin G, Diaby V, Xiao H (2015) Application of multicriteria decision analysis in health care: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis. Health Expect 18:1894–1905

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Akdag H, Kalaycı T, Karagöz S, Zülfikar H, Giz D (2014) The evaluation of hospital service quality by fuzzy MCDM. Appl Soft Comput 23:239–248

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Amaral TM, Costa AP (2014) Improving decision-making and management of hospital resources: an application of the PROMETHEE II method in an Emergency Department. Oper Res Health Care 3(1):1–6

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bahadori M, Izadi M, Karamali M, Teymourzadeh E, Yaghoubi M (2014) Research priorities in a military health organization using multi criteria decision making techniques. J Mil Med 16(1):37–44

    Google Scholar 

  • Baltussen R, Niessen L (2006) Priority setting of health interventions: the need for multi-criteria decision analysis. Cost Eff Resour Alloc 4:14

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Bana e Costa CA, Lourenço JC, Oliveira MD, Bana e Costa JC (2014) A socio-technical approach for group decision support in public strategic planning: the pernambuco PPA case. Group Decis Negot 23(1):5–29

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bana e Costa CA, De Corte JM, Vansnick J (2012) Macbeth. Int J Info Tech Dec Mak 11(02):359–387

    Google Scholar 

  • Beheshtifar S, Alimoahmmadi A (2015) A multiobjective optimization approach for location‐allocation of clinics. Int Trans Oper Res. 22(2):313–28.

    Google Scholar 

  • Behzadian M, Kazemzadeh RB, Albadvi A, Aghdasi M (2010) PROMETHEE: a comprehensive literature review on methodologies and applications. Eur J Oper Res 200(1):198–215

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Belton V, Pictet J (1997) A framework for group decision using a MCDA model: sharing, aggregating or comparing individual information? J Decis Sys 6(3):283–303

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Belton V, Stewart T (2002) Multiple criteria decision analysis: an integrated approach. Springer Science & Business Media. Norwell, Massachussets, US and Dordrecht, The Netherlands

    Google Scholar 

  • Blasco H, Błaszczyński J, Billaut J et al (2015) Comparative analysis of targeted metabolomics: dominance-based rough set approach versus orthogonal partial least square-discriminant analysis. J Biomed Inform 53:291–299

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Bouyssou D (1999) Using DEA, as a tool for MCDM: some remarks. J Oper Res Soc 50(9):974–978

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Brans J, Vincke P, Mareschal B (1986) How to select and how to rank projects: the PROMETHEE method. Eur J Oper Res 24(2):228–238

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chen T, Chang C, Lu JR (2013) The extended QUALIFLEX method for multiple criteria decision analysis based on interval type-2 fuzzy sets and applications to medical decision making. Eur J Oper Res 226(3):615–625

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cook WD, Seiford LM (2009) Data envelopment analysis (DEA)–thirty years on. Eur J Oper Res 192(1):1–17

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cooper W (2005) Origins, uses of, and relations between goal programming and data envelopment analysis. J Multi‐Criteria Decis Anal 13(1):3–11

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • D’Avignon G, Mareschal B (1989) Specialization of hospital services in Québec: an application of the PROMETHEE and GAIA methods. Math Comput Model 12(10):1393–1400

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • de Castro AKA, Pinheiro PR, Pinheiro MCD (2009a) An approach for the neuropsychological diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: a hybrid model in decision making. In: Rough sets and knowledge technology. Springer, Berlin, pp 216–223

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • de Castro AKA, Pinheiro PR, Pinheiro MCD (2009b) Towards the neuropsychological diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: a hybrid model in decision making. In: Best practices for the knowledge society. Knowledge, learning, development and technology for all. Springer, Berlin, pp 522–531

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • de Moraes L, Garcia R, Ensslin L, da Conceição MJ, de Carvalho SM (2010) The multicriteria analysis for construction of benchmarkers to support the Clinical Engineering in the Healthcare Technology Management. Eur J Oper Res 200(2):607–615

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Diaby V, Goeree R (2014) How to use multi-criteria decision analysis methods for reimbursement decision-making in healthcare: a step-by-step guide. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 14(1):81–99

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Dias L, Clímaco J (2000) Additive aggregation with variable interdependent parameters: the VIP analysis software. J Oper Res Soc 51(9):1070–1082

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dodgson J, Spackman M, Pearman A, Phillips L (2009) Multi-criteria analysis: a manual. Department for Communities and Local Government, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Ehrgott M (2006) Multicriteria optimization. Springer Science & Business Media. New York (original version)

    Google Scholar 

  • Figueira JR, Almeida-Dias J, Matias S, Roy B, Carvalho MJ, Plancha CE (2011) Electre Tri-C, a multiple criteria decision aiding sorting model applied to assisted reproduction. Int J Med Inform 80(4):262–273

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Gales CL, Moatti J (1990) Searching for consensus through multicriteria decision analysis. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 6(03):430–449

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Gouveia M, Dias L, Antunes C (2008) Additive DEA based on MCDA with imprecise information. J Oper Res Soc 59(1):54–63

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Greco S, Matarazzo B, Slowinski R (2001) Rough sets theory for multicriteria decision analysis. Eur J Oper Res 129(1):1–47

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Greco S, Matarazzo B, Słowiński R (2005) Rough membership and bayesian confirmation measures for parameterized rough sets. In: Rough sets, fuzzy sets, data mining, and granular computing. Springer, Berlin, pp 314–324

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Greco S, Ehrgott M, Figueira J (2016) Multiple criteria decision analysis: state of the art surveys, 2nd edn. Springer, New York

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Ishizaka A, Nemery P (2013) Multi-criteria decision analysis: methods and software. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Jarzabek R, Bugajski P, Greberski K, Blaszczynski J, Slowinska-Jarzabek B, Kalawski R (2014) Readmission to an intensive care unit after cardiac surgery: reasons and outcomes. Kardiol Pol 72(8):740–747

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Jones D, Tamiz M (2010) History and philosophy of goal programming. In: Practical goal programming. Springer, New York, pp 1–9

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Keeney R, Raiffa H (1993) Decisions with multiple objectives: preferences and value trade-offs. Cambridge University Press

    Google Scholar 

  • Lahdelma R, Salminen P (2001) SMAA-2: stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis for group decision making. Oper Res 49:444–454

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Liang L, Liu Z, Wang H (2014) Appling the EVIDEM framework with fuzzy multicriteria group decision making method to medicines appraisal⋆. J Comput Inf Syst 10(4):1659–1667

    Google Scholar 

  • Liu JS, Lu LY, Lu W, Lin BJ (2013) A survey of DEA applications. Omega 41(5):893–902

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Martel J, Matarazzo B (2005) Other outranking approaches. In: Multiple criteria decision analysis: state of the art surveys. Springer, New York, pp 197–259

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Moshkovich HM, Mechitov AI (2013) Verbal decision analysis: foundations and trends. Adv Decis Sci 2013:9

    Google Scholar 

  • Moshkovich HM, Mechitov AI, Olson DL (2002) Ordinal judgments in multiattribute decision analysis. Eur J Oper Res 137(3):625–641

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Moshkovich H, Mechitov A, Olson D (2005) Verbal decision analysis. In: Multiple criteria decision analysis: state of the art surveys. Springer, New York, pp 609–633

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Munda G (1995) Multicriteria evaluation in a fuzzy environment: theory and applications in ecological economics. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Munda G, Nardo M (2005) Constructing consistent composite indicators: the issue of weights. European Commission – Joint Research Center, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg [EUR 21834 EN]

    Google Scholar 

  • Nunes LC, Pinheiro PR, Pequeno TC, Pinheiro MCD (2011) Toward an application to psychological disorders diagnosis. In: Software tools and algorithms for biological systems. Springer, New York, pp 573–580

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Pawlak Z, Sowinski R (1994) Rough set approach to multi-attribute decision analysis. Eur J Oper Res 72(3):443–459

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Phillips LD, et al (2012) Benefit-risk methodology project: work package 4 report: benefit-risk tools and processes. European Medicines Agency, London. Available at: http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Report/2012/03/WC500123819.pdf

  • Postmus D, Tervonen T, van Valkenhoef G, Hillege HL, Buskens E (2014) A multi-criteria decision analysis perspective on the health economic evaluation of medical interventions. Eur J Health Econ 15(7):709–716

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Roy B (1991) The outranking approach and the foundations of ELECTRE methods. Theor Decis 31(1):49–73

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sang S, Wang Z, Yu C (2014) Evaluation of health care system reform in Hubei Province, China. Int J Environ Res Public Health 11(2):2262–2277

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Tamanini I, de Castro AK, Pinheiro PR, Pinheiro MCD (2011) Verbal decision analysis applied on the optimization of alzheimer’s disease diagnosis: a case study based on neuroimaging. In: Software tools and algorithms for biological systems. Springer, New York, pp 555–564

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Thomas BG, Bollapragada S, Akbay K et al (2013) Automated bed assignments in a complex and dynamic hospital environment. Interfaces 43(5):435–448

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tsai P, Lin F (2014) An application of multi-attribute value theory to patient-bed assignment in hospital admission management: an empirical study. J Healthc Eng 5(4):439–456

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Yevseyeva I, Miettinen K, Räsänen P (2008) Verbal ordinal classification with multicriteria decision aiding. Eur J Oper Res 185(3):964–983

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yoon KP, Hwang C (1995) Multiple attribute decision making: an introduction, vol 104. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks

    Book  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgement

The authors are grateful to Praveen Thokala, Kevin Marsh, and Ellen Campbell for their insightful comments on earlier versions of this book chapter.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

    Vakaramoko Diaby

  2. INESCC, CeBER and Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Luis Dias

Authors
  1. Vakaramoko Diaby
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Luis Dias
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Vakaramoko Diaby .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Evidera, London, United Kingdom

    Kevin Marsh

  2. School of Public Health, University of Montreal and LASER Analytica, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Mireille Goetghebeur

  3. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Praveen Thokala

  4. Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Rob Baltussen

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Diaby, V., Dias, L. (2017). Beyond Value Function Methods in MCDA for Health Care. In: Marsh, K., Goetghebeur, M., Thokala, P., Baltussen, R. (eds) Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to Support Healthcare Decisions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47540-0_15

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47540-0_15

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-47538-7

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-47540-0

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation