数学中国 18 The UMAP Journal 29. 2(2008) Table 1. Human resources Material resources Financial resources Tealth level HSK Health service coverage Responsiveness level DALE Disabihity-adjusted life expectancy HALE Health-adjusted life expectancy IMR equities of health equities metric Responsiveness metric FFD Fairness in financial distribution Seven aspects of responsiveness REL esources/ performance ratio Evaluation vector ength of the evaluation vector TH Total expenditure on health as of GDP GHtoPH Ratio of govemment expenditure on hea th care to private expenditure GHtoG Government expenditure on health as percentage of total government expenditure Formulas Using a similar method, we arrive at equations as follows Performance = 49 x HL + 31 x HCS+2 x RL HealthLevel=6 X DALE+4 x(1-IMRJ Responsiveness= I 7∑AP, Inequities=.4×lH+4xR+2×FFD with these formulas and our basic criterion, we easily get the evaluation vector to evaluate the effectiveness of a healthcare system. Strengths and Weaknesses The Analytical Hierarchy Process method is a good combinationof qual itative and quantitative analysis, and it gives the weights conveniently. But it possesses a certain subjectivity.数学中国 www.madio.net