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SynthesisBMC medical informatics and decision making2018

Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) in health care: a systematic review of the main characteristics and methodological steps.

Talita D C Frazão, Deyse G G Camilo, Eric L S Cabral, Ricardo P Souza

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Synthesis in BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07554209 (Perceptions Among Healthcare Professionals of Key Domains of Home-Based Palliative Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07554209 enrolling by invitationnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Perceptions Among Healthcare Professionals of Key Domains of Home-Based Palliative Care: A Multicriteria Comparative Cross-Sectional Survey (MULTIPAL)

TypeobservationalSponsorInstituto de Investigacion Sanitaria La FeRan2026 to 2026Enrolled580ConditionsHome Care, Hospital-Based, Palliative Care, Health Services Research, Decision Making
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Talita D C FrazãoDepartamento de Engenharia de Produção, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59072-970, Brazil. thalytachaggas@ufrn.edu.br.ORCID 0000-0003-2876-3168
Deyse G G CamiloDepartamento de Engenharia de Produção, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59072-970, Brazil.
Eric L S CabralDepartamento de Engenharia de Produção, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59072-970, Brazil.
Ricardo P SouzaDepartamento de Engenharia de Produção, Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59072-970, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe health area is one of the most affected systems on the perspective of decision-making with multiobjectives, thus becoming prone to errors in the final solution, however, multicriteria decision analysis (MDCA) appears as an aid tool for this process decision-making. Therefore,the present study aims to analyze and synthesize articles found in the literature, involing MCDA in health care, evaluating general issues and methodological aspects, structuring them in a single work.

methodsSurveys in the bibliographic databases SCOPUS and PUBMED indicated 1852 documents on the subject, however after a careful verificatios, 66 studies were selected to be analyzed completely. The data extracted from the included articles were organized into a spreadsheet for the preparation of analysis, and the technique used was descriptive statistics.

resultsIt was possible to identify a growth trend in the application of the MCDA in the health area, but no dominance was identified in relation to the authors of the publication and the periodicals where they are published, but some countries stood out in terms of the number of published researches, such as: Canada and Turkey. In defining the decision problem, and in defining criteria, the "literature" presented the greatest demand for those who wish to structure their decision problem. Finally, it was verified by the analysis of the problem, that the MCDA to solve the problems of ranking has comprehensive application and that there is a greater incidence in the use of the AHP and Logic methods Fuzzy.

conclusionWith this, it is possible to observe, through the data of this review, that more than the multicriteria methods, the multicriteria decision model has been highlighted, also in the health area. In addition, the study can guide new applications and techniques using MCDA in the health care.

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Decision Support TechniquesDelivery of Health CareHumansHealth careMethodological aspectsMulticriteria decision analysisSystematic review

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