title: National Priority Setting of Clinical Practice Guidelines Development for Chronic Disease Management.
abstract: By November 2013, a total of 125 clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been developed in Korea. However, despite the high burden of diseases and the clinical importance of CPGs, most chronic diseases do not have available CPGs. Merely 83 CPGs are related to chronic diseases, and only 40 guidelines had been developed in the last 5 yr. Considering the rate of the production of new evidence in medicine and the worsening burden from chronic diseases, the need for developing CPGs for more chronic diseases is becoming increasingly pressing. Since 2011, the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been jointly developing CPGs for chronic diseases. However, priorities have to be set and resources need to be allocated within the constraint of a limited funding. This study identifies the chronic diseases that should be prioritized for the development of CPGs in Korea. Through an objective assessment by using the analytic hierarchy process and a subjective assessment with a survey of expert opinion, high priorities were placed on ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, osteoarthritis, neck pain, chronic kidney disease, and cirrhosis of the liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Management and Policy, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea. ; The Executive Committee for Clinical Practice Guidelines, The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Heui-Sug
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0245-3583
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Yonsei University Sevrance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Ik
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7527-3829
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Moo-Kyung
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2011-5708
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D056910:Republic of Korea; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Chronic Disease; Clinical Practice Guideline; Health Priorities; Korea; Primary Health Care