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Table 2 Comparison of BWS, AHP, and ranking cards

From: Measuring patients’ priorities using the Analytic Hierarchy Process in comparison with Best-Worst-Scaling and rating cards: methodological aspects and ranking tasks

Criteria

BWS values

AHP local weights

BWS ranking

AHP ranking

Ranking cardsa

Med. issues

1.000

0.368

1

1

1

Research

0.322

0.152

3

3

3

Current events

0.000

0.117

4

4

3

Social support

0.372

0.158

2

2

2

Diagnosis

0.855

0.354

2

1

1

Treatment

1.000

0.342

1

2

1

Dis. patterns

0.000

0.142

3

3

2

Current studies

0.279

0.304

2

2

2

Study results

1.000

0.339

1

1

1

Registry

0.000

0.184

3

3

2

Law counseling

0.421

0.213

2

3

2

Psyc. counseling

0.000

0.220

3

2

2

Self-help

1.000

0.363

1

1

1

  1. aEqual ranking for multiple criteria permitted