Open AccessAnalytic hierarchy process as module for productivity evaluation and decision-making of the operation theater
Author(s) -
Abdelrahman E. M. Ezzat,
Hesham Hamoud
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
avicenna journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-4464
pISSN - 2231-0770
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0770.173579
Subject(s) - analytic hierarchy process , pairwise comparison , productivity , measure (data warehouse) , hierarchy , process (computing) , computer science , ideal (ethics) , quality (philosophy) , productivity model , econometrics , operations research , mathematics , artificial intelligence , data mining , economics , total factor productivity , market economy , philosophy , epistemology , macroeconomics , operating system
The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is a theory of measurement through pairwise comparisons and relies on the judgments of experts to derive priority scales, these scales that measure intangibles in relative terms. The aim of the article was to develop a model for productivity measurement of the operation theater (OT), which could be applied as a model for quality improvement and decision-making. AHP is used in this article to evolve such a model. The steps consist of identifying the critical success factors for measuring the productivity of OT, identifying subfactors that infl auence the critical factors, comparing the pairwise, deriving their relative importance and ratings, and calculating the cumulative effect according to the attributes in OT. The cumulative productivitycan be calculated by the end and can be compared Ideal productivity to measure the productive of OT in percentage fraction. Hence, the productivity could be calculated. Hence, AHP is a very useful model to measure the productivity in OT.