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Chapter 1. Introduction 1 1. Background and rationale 1 2. Purpose 4 3. Overview 5 4. Methods 6 Chapter 2. Classification of Asia Pacific countries 9 Chapter 3. Development of level- and stage-based agenda and outcome indicators 12 1. Theoretical framework 12 2. Five evaluation domains for agenda and outcome indicators 14 2.1 Essential medicines 14 2.2 Finance and value for money 21 2.3 Development, production and distribution 32 2.4 Affordability 42 2.5 Rational use 50 Chapter 4. Discussion and conclusion 61 1. Establishment of interim- and long-term plans 61 1.1 Evaluation domains and prioritization 61 1.2 Agenda under evaluation domains and prioritization 65 1.3 Agenda and outcome indicators for evaluation domains 68 2. Practical applications of research findings 75 2.1 Applications for agenda and outcome indicators 75 2.2 Capacity building for the regional network 76 3. Recommendations 77 3.1 Asia Pacific countries 77 3.2 Asia Pacific regional network 78 References 79

* SUMMARY