Novel dynamic TOPSIS method in evaluation for quality of medical care.
10.3969/j.issn.1672-7347.2012.10.018
- Author:
Yiren WANG
1
;
Lifeng REN
;
Zhenqiu SUN
Author Information
1. Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, Central South University, Changsha, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
Models, Theoretical;
Quality Assurance, Health Care;
methods
- From:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
2012;37(10):1071-1076
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The quality of medical care shows characteristics of dynamic state with changes in time. However, many of appraisal and evaluation projects usually keep on the status of "past" or "present". Most of these models are static evaluation approach. In this study, besides the "past" and "present" status, we took one step further to unveil the future development trends of the medical therapeutical effects. Based on the index value and index increment, a dynamic TOPSIS method is presented. This method pays attention to both transverse and lengthwise information and can not only perform the evaluation on each time section but also can make the final dynamic evaluation. We applied this new method to the evaluation of quality of medical care, which was proved to be effective.
