Use of A Multi-Decision Criteria Analysis to Support Healthcare Decision-Making for Private Payers in Brazil: Development of a Model To Guide Reimbursement Decisions.

A value measurement Multi Decision Criteria Analysis (MCDA) model was developed in order to reflect different dimensions that influence healthcare decisions. A literature review was performed in order to identify the most common criteria and scores scales to be included in the model, which was further complemented by expert opinion. Analytical hierarchy process was used to weight the importance of each dimension by pairwise comparisons. A group representing different stakeholders (academia, payer, industry and physician) was formed in order to consider different perspectives when validating the final model.