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Table 3 Evaluators’ perceptions

From: A comparative analysis of a disposable and a reusable pedicle screw instrument kit for lumbar arthrodesis: integrating HTA and MCDA

Dimensions

Items

Reusable Kit

Disposable Kit

Safety

Adverse events

4

4

Healtcare professionals’ safety

4

4.2

Patients’ safety

4

4.1

Environmental impact

3.95

2.5

Average value

3.99

3.70

Effectiveness

Ease to opening the kit

4

4.2

Traceability

4.1

4.1

Surgeon comfort

4.2

3.8

Ease of identification of the product

1.95

4.4

Average value

3.56

4.13

Legal impact

Indications of use for all the surgical procedures and for all the categories of patients

0

0

Presence of national, European and International authorizations of use

0

0

Average value

0

0

Equity

Access to care for person of a legally protected status

0

0

Invasiveness

0

0

Usability

0

2

Rapidity

0

1

Accessibility

0

1

Average value

0

0.80

Ethical impact

Acceptability of the technology

0

0

Impact of the technology on the patient life style

0

2

Average value

0

1

Social impact

Impact on productivity losses

0

0

Environmental impact

0

−2

Impact of the procedure on the care givers lives and perceptions

0

0

Average value

0

−0.67

  

Reusable Kit

Disposable Kit

Reusable Kit

Disposable kit

  

Short term

Short term

Long term

Long term

Organisational impact

Additional staff required

0

0

0

1.25

Staff training

0

−1

0

0

Support staff training

0

1.25

0

0

Patients and care givers training

0

0

0

0

Meetings and communication

0

0

0

0

Learning curve of the staff

0

0.75

0

0

Investment in additional areas

0

1.5

0

1.5

Investment in additional furnitures

0

0

0

1.75

Investment in additional equipment

0

0

0

0.5

Equipment update

0

0

0

0.5

Equipment purchase

0

0

0

1

Impact on the internal processes

0

1

0

2

Impact on the purchasing processes

0

1

0

1.5

Average value

0

0.35

0

0.77