Is the bias so severe as to cause death Frontline By R.Krishna Kumar Interview with Dr T.K. Sundari Ravindran, activist researcher on gender, health and equity issues. DR T.K. SUNDARI RAVINDRAN is Professor at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree...
Averting Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in India through Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation: An Economic-Epidemiologic Modeling Study Sanjay Basu, Sukumar Vellakkal, Sutapa Agrawal, David Stuckler, Barry Popkin, Shah Ebrahim Abstract Background Taxing sugar-sweetened...
What explains regulatory failure? Analysing the architecture of health care regulation in two Indian states Sheikh K, Saligram PS, Hort K Health Policy and Planning 2013 Abstract Regulating health care is a pre-eminent policy challenge in many low- and middle-income...
Lisa S Calhoun, et al BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:532 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-532 Background Medical barriers refer to unnecessary policies or procedures imposed by health care providers that are not necessarily medically advised; these restrictions...
Demand-side financial incentive (DSF) is an emerging strategy to improve health seeking behavior and health status in many low- and middle-income countries. This narrative synthesis assessed the demand- and supply-side effects of DSF. Forty one electronic data...
