Choosing a hospital assistance ship to fight the covid-19 pandemic

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https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002792

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Public Health, Pandemics, Relief work, Coronavirus infection

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OBJECTIVE: To apply the THOR 2 multi-criteria support system to select the Brazilian navy’s most suitable hospital care vessel (NAsH) to support the fight against the covid-19 pandemic. METHODS: We used the first three stages of the Soft Systems Methodology for structuring and modeling of the problem. For the evaluation and ordering of alternatives, we used the Thor 2 multi-criteria support system, comparing four classes of NAsH in the light of their operational and hospital criteria: “Dr. Montenegro,” “Soares Meirelles,” “Oswaldo Cruz” and “Tenente Maximiano.” The chosen ship would support the amazon hospital system, which has an increasing number of cases of covid-19. RESULTS: After the application of the methods, we analyzed three distinct scenarios of ordering the alternatives, which allowed a robust sensitivity analysis, conferring greater transparency and reliability to the decision-making process. The NAsH “Oswaldo Cruz” was selected to be used in the fight against the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: This study brings valuable contribution to academia and society, since it represents the application of a multi-criteria decision-aid method in the state of the art to contribute to the solution of a real problem that affects millions of people in Brazil and worldwide.

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2020-08-10

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Costa, I. P. de A., Maêda, S. M. do N., Teixeira, L. F. H. de S. de B., Gomes, C. F. S., & Santos, M. dos. (2020). Choosing a hospital assistance ship to fight the covid-19 pandemic. Revista De Saúde Pública, 54, 79. https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002792