Objective To study the price and accessibility of essential medicines for the elderly with chronic diseases in the six countries of Asia Pacific,and to provide evidence and policy recommendations. Methods The secondary data,which were adjusted according to the inflation/deflation,were acquired from the researches of WHO/HAI and analyzed. Results The availability values of lowest price generic and originator brand in public hospital in the six countries were 5. 0%-80. 0% and 1. 8%-15. 4%,while those in priva...