The purpose of this study is to review the strategy and the method to set the priorities for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) research in consideration of the Korean healthcare environments. As such, this study carried out researches on the trend in line with the changes in Korean healthcare environments related with HTA (such as population structure, health industry, medical insurance system, trend of people’s medical utilization, the current status of HTA, etc.), the analysis of the scope of HTA research as well as the domestic and foreign research trends, and the strategies and methods of research to set the priorities of relevant institutions. 

This study also carried out an opinion survey using the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) method, targeting HTA experts who can represent various positions regarding HTA, healthcare policy experts, clinical practitioners, and the researchers at NECA (National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaboration Agency). 

Through such research process, this study tried to suggest the strategic framework to set the research priorities of HTA and the mid-to-long-term direction of the HTA research by arranging the framework, method, and criteria of setting the priorities suitable for Korea and by deriving the priority based on the purpose, scope, and policy issue of HTA research.