title: Selecting medical devices and materials for development in Korea: the analytic hierarchy process approach.
abstract: Recently, the health industry in Korea has been given greater emphasis. Amid budgetary restrictions, setting the priorities for effective and efficient investment in medical devices and materials has been a key issue in the government sector. This paper shows how the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) can be used in assessing selected medical devices and materials for grants by the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare. The final results show that unabsorbable suture is the most attractive medical product among 88 evaluated products, followed by i.v. cannula and central venous catheter.
authors.affiliation: School of Systems Management Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 300 Chonchon-Dong, Jangan-Gu, Suwon, Kyonggi-Do 440-746, South Korea. ktcho@yurim.skku.ac.kr
authors.forename: Keun-Tae
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Sung-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D011635:Public Health Administration; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical