| Article ID: | iaor19991280 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 99 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 236 |
| End Page Number: | 240 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1997 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Lootsma F.A., Gennip C.E.G. van, Hulshof J.A.M. |
| Keywords: | decision theory: multiple criteria |
This paper describes an assessment of the seriousness of (clusters of) diseases in two rounds, one with the criteria which are predominant for policy makers, and one with the criteria of the patients. The project was carried out in a Group Decision Room by 12 high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport in The Netherlands. The evaluation remained manageable by a context-related scaling technique which accelerated the decision process and enhanced the consistency of the evaluators.