title: Prioritizing the compensation mechanisms for nurses working in emergency department of hospital using fuzzy DEMATEL technique: a survey from Iran.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Nursing professionals are the most important human resources that provide care in the Emergency Departments at hospitals. Therefore appropriate compensation for the services provided by them is considered as a priority. This study aims to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the compensation for services provided by the EDs nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty four nurses, hospital administrators, local and national health authorities participated in a cross sectional study conducted in 2012. The participants discussed on different compensation mechanisms for nurses' of EDs, in six groups according to Focus Group Discussion (FGD) technique, resulted in the adopted mechanisms. Opinions of the participants on the mechanisms were obtained via paired matrices using fuzzy logic. Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) technique was used for prioritizing the adopted mechanisms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the compensation mechanisms for nurses of ED services, both Monthly fixed amounts (9.0382) and increasing the number of vacation days (9.0189) had highest importance. The lowest importance was given to the performance-based payment (8.9897). Monthly fixed amounts, increasing the number of vacation days, decreasing the working hours and performance-based payment were recognized as effective factors. Other mechanisms are prioritized as use of the facilities, increase in emergency tariff, job promotions, non-cash payments, continuing education, and persuasive years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the results, the nurses working in the EDS of the hospitals were more likely to receive non-cash benefits than cash benefits as compensation.
authors.forename: Jahanara
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mamikhani
authors.forename: Shahram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tofighi
authors.affiliation: . manager@bphres.com.
authors.forename: Jamil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sadeghifar
authors.forename: Majied
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heidari
authors.forename: Vahied
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hossieni Jenab
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D018803:Models, Economic; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits