Department of Industrial Engineering and Enterprise Information
Tunghai University
Administration Center of China Medical University Hospital
No. 2, Yuh-Der Road, North Area, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
Department of Industrial Engineering and Enterprise Information
Tunghai University
Department of Industrial Engineering and Enterprise Information
Tunghai University
Administration Center of China Medical University Hospital
In this research, we developed a systematic procedure to identify decision-making criteria/performance indicators and a quantitative model to evaluate and compare the performance of medical technologies in Taiwan hospitals. Accordingly, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) were used complementarily. The aim of developing such a modeling approach is intended to help hospital executives (1) evaluate and choose new medical technologies (ex-ante evaluation), and (2) monitor and improve the performance of existing technologies (ex-post evaluation). An empirical application has been conducted to explore and test the feasibility and applicability of the model.
Keywords: medical technology, performance evaluation, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Delphi method, Data Envelopment Analysis
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Cite this article as: Yi-Shan Chen, Wei-Hua Andrew Wang, Tam Chan and Ya-Ting Liang, "Developing a Quantitative Model to Evaluate and Compare the Performance of Hospital Medical Technologies in Taiwan," Journal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers, 22, 430-441 (2005).