Patients’ preference for receiving healthcare services from out-of-area hospitals based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP): A mixed-methods study

• Hosain Yasemi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Economics and Management, School of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran

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• Jamil Sadeghifar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health and Environment Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran

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• Shahin Nargesi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Health Economics and Management, School of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran

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• Morteza Arab-Zozani,

  Roles Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

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• Khalil Momeni

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization

  * E-mail: khalilmomeni1365@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Health Economics and Management, School of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran, Health and Environment Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran

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