NECA is the national research agency that was established to provide authentic and quality information about medical devices, medicines, and health technology through objective and reliable analysis. Countries with advanced health technologies have developed health technology assessments and those results have been affecting the health care service field. Besides, they are organizing a forum for debate to consult various medical technologies-related issues rationally and systematically. By comparison, it is still in its infancy in Korea and there are also difficulties to apply foreign-based results to our results.