Identification and weighting of kidney allocation criteria: a novel multi-expert fuzzy method.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
PMID: 31492132

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Kidney allocation is a multi-criteria and complex decision-making problem, which should also consider ethical issues in addition to the medical aspects. Leading countries in this field use a point scoring system to allocate kidneys. Hence, the purpose of this study is to identify and weight the kidney allocation criteria considering the balance between utility and equity.

Authors

  • Nasrin Taherkhani
    Group of Information Technology, Faculty of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 1411713116, Iran.
  • Mohammad Mehdi Sepehri
    Faculty of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 1411713114, Iran. Electronic address: mehdi.sepehri@modares.ac.ir.
  • Shadi Shafaghi
    Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLDD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Toktam Khatibi
    Faculty of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 1411713116, Iran. Electronic address: toktam.khatibi@modares.ac.ir.

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