Table 3.
Information about DMs for criteria and alternatives.
| Group | Status | Number | Characteristics | Importance level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criteria Evaluation |
Academician | 2 | They are faculty members at various departments of the universities in Turkey who published scientific papers on medical waste and healthcare management. | Important (I) |
| Governmental decision makers | 2 | All of them are a chief physicians of hospitals which are educational research and public hospitals. | Important (I) | |
| Practitioner |
2 |
Company executives who are at the forefront of the medical waste management process. |
Important (I) |
|
| Alternative Ranking | Medical waste management firm manager | 1 | He is the one who records the medical waste from all hospitals. He has a general idea of all hospitals, as he is the first to observe the waste from hospitals. | Very Important (VI) |
| Head of public hospital services | 1 | He has detailed information about the decision-making processes regarding waste management, especially in public patients and the waste infrastructure of hospitals | Important (I) | |
| Provincial health director | 1 | He has knowledge about the medical waste training and financing of hospitals. | Medium Importance (MI) | |
| Medical waste collector | 1 | He has knowledge about the storage and transportation of medical wastes in hospitals. | Medium Importance (MI) | |
| Municipality | 1 | She has detailed information on the processes to be done after the collection of waste from hospitals and the roles of the municipality. | Important (I) |