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On Establishing a New Fee Schedule for General Surgical Procedure Using Fuzzy MCDM

Hung, Chih-Young (Institute of Management of Technology, National Chiao Tung University)
Huang, Yuan-Huei (Institute of Management of Technology, National Chiao Tung University)
Chang, Pei-Yeh (Department of Pediatric Surgery Chang Gung Children's Hospital)
Wang, Kuei-Ing (Institute of Management of Technology Nationl Chiao Tung University)
Chang, King-Jen (Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital)
Liu, Yi-Hsin (Department of Marketing and Distribution Management Hsuan Chuang University)

Publication Information

Industrial Engineering and Management Systems / v.4, no.2, 2005 , pp. 218-227 More about this Journal

Abstract

In this research a model for establishing a new, rational fee schedule for general surgical procedures in a national health insurance program is developed. A fuzzy multiple criteria decision-making (FMCDM) model is proposed. The relative values of eleven surgical procedures were obtained through an empirical study based on the FMCDM model. Consequently, a new fee schedule obtained from the FMCDM model. This new fee schedule is more convincing than previous schedule and more persuasive to the references for the policy setting.

Keywords

Fee Schedule; National Health Insurance; Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Decision Making;

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