* CONTENTS

PUBLISHER'S FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT SUMMARY REPORT 1. A snapshot of expenditure of pharmaceuticals and preventive care in the Asia-Pacific region 2. Estimation approaches 3. Expenditure on pharmaceuticals 4. Expenditure on preventive care 5. Discussion Annex 1 Template Annex 2 Country Reports 1. Afghanistan 2. Bangladesh 3. China 4. Fiji 5. Lao PDR 6. Malaysia 7. Maldives 8. Pakistan 9. Sri Lanka

* SUMMARY

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific undertook a project to review data sources and estimation methods used by Asia-Pacific countries in measuring expenditure on pharmaceuticals and preventive care within the health accounts framework. Those two areas were identified as challenging for international comparison by country experts that attended the 2014 Asia-Pacific health accounts expert meeting in Busan (Republic of Korea)... (Excerpt from the ABSTRACT)