Bi Ying-Fei, Mao Jing-Yuan
Cardiovascular Department, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193.
Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi. 2012 May;32(5):689-92.
The combination of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and Delphi method can overcome the strong subjectivity and poor authority in the simple use of AHP, get rid of the shackles of established thinking and take fully advantages of the experiences of experts' knowledge. By a set of quantitative calculation method, we can determine the relative importance of each factor or the relative weight of the order value, thus providing the support for clinical decision making. In this article, on the basis of the combination of AHP and Delphi method, the authors explore the Chinese medicine etiology of coronary heart disease.
层次分析法（AHP）与德尔菲法相结合，能够克服单纯使用AHP时主观性强、权威性差的缺点，摆脱固有思维的束缚，充分利用专家知识经验。通过一套定量计算方法，确定各因素的相对重要性或排序值的相对权重，从而为临床决策提供支持。本文在层次分析法与德尔菲法相结合的基础上，探讨冠心病的中医病因。
