New infectious and chronic diseases have been increased and threatened the health of Koreans. National Institute of Health has played a critical role as a governmental research institute that provides scientific evidence by conducting various experime...
New infectious and chronic diseases have been increased and threatened the health of Koreans. National Institute of Health has played a critical role as a governmental research institute that provides scientific evidence by conducting various experiments and research and enhanced the health of Koreans with the research and development of health care. In spite of the fact that National Institute of Health has improved research infrastructure, there has been an issue that National Institute of Health has not been successful in enhancing research capacity and setting its role and position. Therefore, this research explored and offered strategies to clearly set the role and position of National Institute of Health in the governance of health care research and development. This research analyzed the governance structure of health care research and development in Korea through the literature review and consultation and interview with experts. Also, we interviewed researchers in National Institute of Health and conducted Analytic Hierarchy Process to investigate the role and position of National Institute of Health. The results suggested that National Institute of Health should establish the short-term and long-term strategic plan, reorganize the formal structure based on the functions, strengthen research planning and evaluation capacity, increase research workforce, and improve the research infrastructure. Furthermore, the finding recommended that National Institute of Health should obtain appropriate budgets for health care research and development, participate in decision making process of health care policies, reinforce the internal and external networks, and strengthen the public relations.