Italian Healthcare Multicriteria Decision Analysis Applications Review

A literature review of 19 studies applying Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) in the Italian healthcare context. The review, authored by Riccardo Mercati and published on figshare in May 2026, examines decision contexts, preference elicitation methods, and stakeholder involvement. Sixteen of the included studies were published after 2017.

Use Cases

• Reviewing methodological approaches for healthcare priority-setting based on the described analysis of preference elicitation techniques
• Analyzing stakeholder involvement trends in health technology assessment based on the reported frequency of multi-stakeholder approaches
• Benchmarking Italian MCDA applications against global trends based on the comparative findings mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Includes 19 reviewed studies meeting eligibility criteria
• 16 studies were published after 2017, indicating a focus on recent applications
• Data collected on publication year, decision context, methods, and stakeholder involvement

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Riccardo Mercati

Collection Method

Literature review across PubMed and Google Scholar, supplemented by Italian studies from an international systematic review.

Time Range

Studies up to November 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 05:44:49

Geography

Italy