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Introduction
Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) has the potential to support better healthcare decision making. But a number of challenges need to be overcome before it can achieve its potential. These are both techni...
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MCDA for Resource Allocation at a Local Level: An Application in the UK
Resource allocation at a local level involves making difficult decisions about investment and, particularly in a time of economic stringency, about disinvestment. These complex decisions are influenced by a nu...
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Incorporating Preferences and Priorities into MCDA: Selecting an Appropriate Scoring and Weighting Technique
A key component of many multi-criteria decision analyses (MCDAs) is the elicitation of stakeholder preferences in the form or scores and weights. A challenge to the MCDA practitioner is that there is little gu...