Original Title: 우리나라 의료기술평가연구의 우선순위 설정방안

Authors' recommendations: There were prevailing opinions that the groups of people who should be given the first priority as HTA research subject proposal entity are 'healthcare experts' and 'medical service providers', and the most preferential entity of the result application should be 'healthcare policy makers' and 'medical service providers'. For the types of health technology, the research on the medical supplies was recognized as more important than other types of health technology, and as for the comparative importance based on HTA research category, 'HTA expansion research' turned out to be the most important, followed by 'HTA infra research', 'HTA system research', and 'HTA environment research'. For the criteria to derive the HTA research subject, the 'social influence' of the relevant research turned out to be the most important, followed by 'practicability', 'appropriateness' and 'relevance' of the research subject. To set the priority of HTA research, the environmental factors in overall healthcare areas, such as the change in population structure, change in disease structure, health insurance system, and HTA-related systems, and policy environments, should be considered, and the trend of domestic and foreign researches as well as the opinions of social stakeholders in relevant areas shall be reviewed comprehensively. In particular, the aging phenomenon and the rapid increase of chronic disease are important factors of social change that we should examine consistently in HTA research area because various health technologies are used for them as they are also closely related with the health promotion and rehabilitation. Also, in the perspective of healthcare system, the importance of HTA research is expected to increase all the more in order to establish efficient healthcare service system for the management of medical expenses of people. Considering that there are various social stakeholders in health technology and heath technology assessment, the opinions of medical service providers, users, pharmaceutical and medical equipment industry leaders, policy makers, and policy enforcement experts shall be reflected sufficiently. To realize a balanced research performance among various HTA categories, the opinions of more stakeholders related with HTA shall be reflected while considering the types, application areas, and important policy issues of extensive health technologies at the same time. Based on this study result, the criteria of HTA research, which can be accepted by our society, will be prepared by reflecting the opinions of key stakeholders or stakeholder groups related with HTA research. Based on these criteria, the mid-to-long term developmental plan for HTA system can be established.

Project Status: Completed

Year Published: 2015

URL for published report: https://www.neca.re.kr/lay1/program/S1T11C145/report/view.do?seq=148

English language abstract: An English language summary is available

Publication Type: Not Assigned

Country: South Korea

Organisation Name: National Evidence-based healthcare Collaborating Agency

Contact Address: National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA), 3~5F Health and Welfare Social Administration B/D, 400 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Korea.

Contact Name: int@neca.re.kr

Contact Email: int@neca.re.kr

Copyright: National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA)