Grey Systems: Theory and Application: Volume 9 Issue 2

Guest editorial

Xuerui Tan

Analysis of patients’ attitudes towards medical service prices in different regions based on grey relational theory

Chongxu Zhang, Lizhong Duan, Hangyu Liu, Yinran Zhang, Lili Yin, Qiaoqiao Sun, Qi Lu

The purpose of this paper is to understand the attitude of patients towards the current medical service price and the effect of policy implementation, and explore the existing…

Cognition differences and improvement countermeasures of non-technical medical services based on grey correlation analysis

Hangyu Liu, Saina Liu, Lizhong Duan, Chongxu Zhang, Lili Yin, Yinran Zhang, Qi Lu

The purpose of this paper is to explore the rationality differences of cognition of non-technical medical services in different groups, and to provide countermeasures for…

The investigation and analysis of the current situation of medical service price cognition of China with grey relational analysis theory

Lili Yin, Lizhong Duan, Yinran Zhang, Hangyu Liu, Chongxu Zhang, Qiaoqiao Sun, Qi Lu

Through a questionnaire survey, the purpose of this paper is to understand and analyse the cognitions of medical service price of medical workers in various regions of China, and…

Applying GRA to analyze influencing factors of patients’ financial burden: A case study of hospitals with PPP model in China

Xiaoning Li, Xinbo Liao, Qingwen Zhong, Kai Zheng, Shaoxing Chen, Xiao-Jun Chen, Jin-Xiu Zhu, Hongyuan Yang

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influencing factors of patients’ financial burden through a case study of hospital on public‒private partnerships (PPP) model (Chaonan…

Grey relation between main meteorological factors and mortality

Xiaodong Chen, Desheng Pei, Liping Li

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of main meteorological factors on the mortality of urban residents and provide empirical evidence for the prevention of effects…

Using grey relational analysis to analyze influential factor of hand, foot and mouth disease in Shenzhen

Xiaoyi He, Liping Li, Xiaojian Liu, Yongsheng Wu, Shujiang Mei, Zhen Zhang

Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common infectious disease in infants and children. HFMD has caused millions of cases and a large epidemic worldwide. A number of studies…

Superior grey relational analysis on blood lipids and hematological parameters

Jingyi Yan, Jin-Xiu Zhu, Nan Lu, Shanshan Gao, Jianfeng Ye, Chengzhi Yu, Minghui Yue, Xuerui Tan

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the superior relationship between blood lipid- and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related hematological parameters using superior grey…

Application of grey prediction model to the prediction of medical consumables consumption

Xuejun Shen, Minghui Yue, Pengfei Duan, Guihai Wu, Xuerui Tan

Based on the prediction of the consumption of medical materials, the purpose of this paper is to study the applicability of the grey model method to the field and its predicted…

Application of grey entropy weight cluster in clinical department sorting

Jiachun Zheng, Xiao-Jun Chen, Suihong Qiu, Sifeng Liu, Shaoxing Chen

The purpose of this paper is to explore the method of clinical department classification in comprehensive hospital to provide a scientific management reference in performance…

Analysis of novel FAGM(1,1,tα) model to forecast health expenditure of China

Wenqing Wu, Xin Ma, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yong Wang, Xinxing Wu

The purpose of this paper is to study a fractional grey model FAGM(1,1,t^α) based on the GM(1,1,t^α) model and the fractional accumulated generating operation, and then predict the…

Grey system analysis in the field of medicine and health

Zhang Lixia, Tang Hong, He Miao

The purpose of this paper is to predict hospital respiratory system infection rate by using the gray GM(1,1) model, and to provide theoretical basis for the prospective study on…