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The Analytic Hierarchy Process in Medical Decision Making

A Tutorial

James G. Dolan

Bernard J. Isselhardt

Joseph D. Cappuccio

The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is a quantitative decision making technique created es pecially for complicated, multicriteria decision problems. This report reviews the theoretical foundations of the AHP and shows how to use it in a step-by-step fashion.

Key Words: Key words: analytic hierarchy process • decision making • decision analysis. (Med Decis Making 1989;9:40-50)

Medical Decision Making, Vol. 9, No. 1, 40-50 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X8900900108
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