An evaluation of the different aspects of the workshop was made. Participants identified topics based on the prevailing needs of the countries. The topics which could be taken up at the next meeting of the Working Group are in order of priority: public financing, including drug financing indicators and ways to increase public drug budgets; policies and guidelines for cost-sharing; public-private roles in the pharmaceutical sector; and financing mechanisms to improve rational use of drugs.

The next meeting will be held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in November 1997.