title: Social values and healthcare priority setting in Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this paper is to present the role of social values in setting healthcare priorities in Korea.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using Clark and Weale's draft framework, Korean healthcare priority setting was analysed. The process values used were transparency, accountability, and participation, and the content values used were clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness, justice/equity, solidarity and autonomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the Korean health priority setting, it was found that multiple factors influence the decision-making process. Effectiveness and safety are the two most important values mentioned in the process. Cost-effectiveness is also considered in reimbursement decisions for new drugs since 2007. Recently, health technology assessment (HTA) has begun to change the social value system traditionally used in the Korean healthcare priority setting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The paper extends understanding of health priority setting in Korea, and how the interpretation and use of social values has changed over recent years.
authors.affiliation: Office of Health Services Research, National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA), Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeonghoon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Gaeun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hae Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Sang Moo
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006292:Health Priorities; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012945:Social Values