RT Journal Article T1 Value of concerted and hospital hemodialysis through a multi-criteria decision analysis T2 Valor de la hemodiálisis concertada y la hospitalaria mediante un análisis de decisión multicriterio A1 Caro Martínez, Araceli A1 Valcárcel Cabrera, María Del Carmen A1 Olry-de-Labry-Lima, Antonio K1 Toma de decisiones K1 Evaluación de tecnologías sanitarias K1 Diálisis K1 Servicios externos AB ObjectiveTo evaluate the value of the provision of contracted versus hospital dialysis services for the treatment of chronic kidney disease in Spain using the multicriteria decision analysis methodology.MethodThe EVIDEM (Evidence and Value: Impact on Decision Making) evaluation framework was used to calculate the estimated value of both dialysis delivery models (arranged vs. hospital) through a virtual workshop in which different profiles participated: directors and managers, professionals and heads of units and representatives of patients and relatives. The scores were combined using an additive lineal model, which combined the weight of the model with the individual score of the criteria, and each value was transformed to a scale between 0 and 1.ResultsThe estimated value for arranged dialysis was 0.29 (DS: ±0.2) and 0.39 (DS: ±0.2) for hospital dialysis. All profiles gave a higher value to hospital hemodialysis compared to contracted hemodialysis. The highest value for hospital dialysis was for patients (0.44), with the lowest mean value for directors (0.36) and the range for arranged dialysis being between patients (0.31) and intermediate positions (0.27).ConclusionsHospital hemodialysis obtained a higher value than concerted dialysis. In general, the panelists affirmed that it is a useful and interesting exercise and that, to a certain extent, it provides security in decision-making, since it allows ordering, rationalizing and considering, in an explicit and transparent manner, the different criteria involved. PB Elsevier España YR 2023 FD 2023-12 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/23299 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/23299 LA en NO Caro Martínez A, Valcárcel Cabrera MDC, Olry de Labry Lima A. Value of concerted and hospital hemodialysis through a multi-criteria decision analysis. Nefrologia (Engl Ed). 2023 Nov-Dec;43(6):742-749 DS RISalud RD Apr 8, 2025