Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Date of Award
8-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Manufacturing Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Jianzhi Li
Second Advisor
Dr. Miguel A. Gonzalez
Third Advisor
Dr. Douglas Timmer
Abstract
While improving quality in health care is currently at the forefront of professional, political, and managerial attention, the key dimensions constituting health-care quality have not been fully understood. Also, few valid approaches have been proposed to the measurement of health-care quality. In this research, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach is applied to study the structure of health-care quality and deducted relative importance weights for each of the quality elements. A statistical quality model is derived to assess medical equipment quality which is an important part constituting the general health-care quality. Finally, the application of the AHP model to assess health-care quality is demonstrated based on a scenario.
Granting Institution
University of Texas-Pan American
Comments
Copyright 2010 Yan Li. All Rights Reserved.
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