Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Dynamic Configuration as a Tool for Health Technology Assessment (HTA): The Case of Biosensing Optoelectronics in Oncology

Giovanni Improta, Giuseppe Converso (), Teresa Murino (), Mosè Gallo (), Antonietta Perrone and Maria Romano ()
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Giovanni Improta: Department of Public Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
Giuseppe Converso: #x2020;Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Piazzale V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy
Teresa Murino: #x2020;Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Piazzale V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy
Mosè Gallo: #x2020;Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Piazzale V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy
Antonietta Perrone: Department of Public Health, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy‡Clinical Engineering, University Hospital “A.O.U. Federico II”, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
Maria Romano: #xA7;Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Campus Universitario “Salvatore Venuta”, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy

International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), 2019, vol. 18, issue 05, 1533-1550

Abstract: The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a methodology, based on both mathematical and psychological approaches, exploited to analyze and solve complex problems, in order to make the best decision. AHP is also widely employed for the evaluation of healthcare systems. It works by splitting the decision problem into a hierarchy of more easily-comprehended sub-problems, each of which can be independently analyzed. Starting from these assumptions, our work aims to implement a dynamic framework for the AHP methodology, able to overcome the static nature of the technique, taking into account the evaluations associated with criteria and sub-criteria as a function of time. In the context of this paper, the Dynamic AHP is implemented as a tool for Health Technology Assessment (HTA). Indeed, the proposed case study concerns the evaluation of a new health technology for the thyroglobulin assay in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. To this aim, we have defined the decision problem and formalized criteria and sub-criteria hierarchically; then, in order to deal with the problem from a dynamical point of view, i.e., to take into account the time dependence of criteria and sub-criteria, we developed several System Dynamics models, one for each criterion. In this context, it is shown that the Dynamic AHP approach provides a dynamic evaluation of the system, which allows to identify the best decision by exploiting the information on the possible evolution of the problem due to its time behavior, rather than taking the decision at a fixed time point, as the Static AHP does.

Keywords: Analytic hierarchy process; dynamic AHP; health technology assessment; HTA; multicriteria decision-making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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