The National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) has continuously tried to provide scientific evidence to support decision making for the rational use of limited national medical resources. The recent NECA annual conference to recognize the organization’s sixth anniversary was held under the topic “Social Utilization of Medical Technology Evaluation” in order to review the outside opinion that use of research results in policy making was lacking and to explore improvement measures. The major purpose of the conference was to explore the barriers and facilitating factors in decision making from the user perspective, including the general population, medical community, and policy makers, regarding how the results of the research and evaluation projects conducted by the NECA can be used effectively. By conducting a multifaceted review of the use of NECA research in terms of social structure, system, and culture according to real consumers, and by examining the expectations of the NECA and barriers to policy decisions and evidence-based reimbursement decisions, the aim was to enable the planning of highly effective research that contributes to promoting public health. 

Three study goals exist: 1) to help increase the use of NECA research results by identifying their existing use in policy and academia and exploring the factors that promote or impair their widespread use, 2) to increase external recognition by disseminating the NECA research results, and 3) to promote internal capabilities by networking with relevant institutions.