PMID- 27068692
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161011
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 2008-2231 (Electronic)
IS  - 1560-8115 (Print)
IS  - 1560-8115 (Linking)
VI  - 24
DP  - 2016 Apr 11
TI  - A model for priority setting of health technology assessment: the experience of 
      AHP-TOPSIS combination approach.
PG  - 10
LID - 10.1186/s40199-016-0148-7 [doi]
LID - 10
AB  - BACKGROUND: In recent times, the use of health technologies in the diagnosis and 
      treatment of diseases experienced considerable and accelerated growth. The goal 
      of the present study was to describe the designated pilot MCDM (Multiple Criteria 
      Decision Making) model for priority setting of health technology assessment in 
      Iran. METHODS: Relevant articles were sought and retrieved from the most 
      appropriate medical databases, including the Cochrane Library, PubMed and Scopus 
      via three separate search strategies, using MESH and free text until March, 2015. 
      Retrieved criteria were questioned from health technology assessment experts in 
      two rounds and the relative weight for valid criteria was finally obtained from 
      paired wise comparison method. After extraction of relative weights based on the 
      aforementioned procedure, TOPSIS (The Technique for Order of Preference by 
      Similarity to Ideal Solution) priority setting model was designed. The stated 
      model was applied for assessing three technologies (adenosine, tissue plasminogen 
      activator and mechanical thrombectomy) which were available for projects call of 
      Iranian health technology assessment department in order to determine 
      applicability of the model for practical purpose. RESULTS: Nine criteria, 
      including efficiency/effectiveness, safety, population size, vulnerable 
      population size, availability of alternative technologies, cost effectiveness in 
      other countries, budget impact, financial protection, quality of evidence, were 
      extracted by the Iranian health technology assessment experts. The relative 
      weights of these criteria were as follows 0.12, 0.2, 0.06, 0.08, 0.08, 0.13, 
      0.08, 0.09, and 0.15, respectively. Finally TOPSIS pilot model was designed by 
      three health technologies and nine criteria relative weights. Results showed 
      that, the applicability of the stated model was suitable and as the pilot 
      testing, tissue plasminogen activator was the first priority, adenosine was 
      second and mechanical thrombectomy was third for performing health technology 
      assessment by the Iranian ministry of health and medical education. CONCLUSION: 
      According to the results of this study, this model with nine effective criteria 
      and their relative weights and in combination with TOPSIS approach could be used 
      with suitable applicability by health technology assessment department in deputy 
      of curative affairs and food and drug organization for determination of research 
      priorities in health technology assessment.
FAU - Mobinizadeh, Mohammadreza
AU  - Mobinizadeh M
AD  - Department of Health Services Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic 
      Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Raeissi, Pouran
AU  - Raeissi P
AD  - Department of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical 
      Information Science, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Nasiripour, Amir Ashkan
AU  - Nasiripour AA
AD  - Department of Health Services Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic 
      Azad University, Tehran, Iran. nasiripour@srbiau.ac.ir.
FAU - Olyaeemanesh, Alireza
AU  - Olyaeemanesh A
AD  - National Institute for Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 
      Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Tabibi, Seyed Jamaleddin
AU  - Tabibi SJ
AD  - Department of Health Services Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic 
      Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20160411
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Daru
JT  - Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
JID - 101125969
SB  - IM
MH  - Health Priorities
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iran
MH  - Models, Theoretical
MH  - Technology Assessment, Biomedical/*methods
PMC - PMC4827190
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Health Technology Assessment
OT  - Iran
OT  - Priority setting
EDAT- 2016/04/14 06:00
MHDA- 2016/10/12 06:00
PMCR- 2016/04/11
CRDT- 2016/04/13 06:00
PHST- 2015/11/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/03/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/04/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/04/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/10/12 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/04/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s40199-016-0148-7 [pii]
AID - 148 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s40199-016-0148-7 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Daru. 2016 Apr 11;24:10. doi: 10.1186/s40199-016-0148-7.