Table 2.
Weighting factors of the decision criteria
| Decision criterion | Patients (15) | Nurses (22) | Physicians (9) | Managers (9) | Health insurers (5) | Policy makers (6) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Efficiency |
0.22 |
0.21 |
0.20 |
0.29 |
0.29 |
0.46 |
|
Patient self-management |
0.45 |
0.35 |
0.28 |
0.24 |
0.45 |
0.64 |
|
Efficiency of organization |
0.55 |
0.65 |
0.72 |
0.76 |
0.55 |
0.36 |
|
Health gain |
0.42 |
0.35 |
0.36 |
0.28 |
0.43 |
0.28 |
|
Satisfaction |
0.28 |
0.31 |
0.33 |
0.33 |
0.18 |
0.15 |
|
Health care professionals |
0.21 |
0.52 |
0.42 |
0.26 |
0.21 |
0.26 |
|
Patients |
0.79 |
0.48 |
0.58 |
0.75 |
0.79 |
0.74 |
|
Investments |
0.09 |
0.14 |
0.11 |
0.11 |
0.10 |
0.11 |
|
Initial |
0.25 |
0.45 |
0.32 |
0.43 |
0.25 |
0.24 |
| Restructuring | 0.76 | 0.55 | 0.68 | 0.57 | 0.76 | 0.76 |
(Values in boldface add up to one; values in regular face are sub-criteria and also add up to one. The larger the value, the more important the decision criterion.) Numbers in parentheses are the number of stakeholders in each group.