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Out of Pocket Expenditure for Hospitalization among Below Poverty Line Households in District Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2013
Out of Pocket Expenditure for Hospitalization among Below Poverty Line Households in District Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2013 Anadi Gupt et al, PLOS One Abstract Introduction Health insurance schemes, like Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), should provide...
An Implementation Research Approach to Evaluating Health Insurance Programs: Insights from India
One of the distinguishing features of implementation research is the importance given to involve implementers in all aspects of research, and as users of research. We report on a recent implementation research effort in India, in which researchers worked together with...
The importance of intersectoral factors in promoting equity-oriented universal health coverage: a multilevel analysis of social determinants affecting neonatal infant and under-five mortality in Bangladesh
The importance of intersectoral factors in promoting equity-oriented universal health coverage: a multilevel analysis of social determinants affecting neonatal infant and under-five mortality in Bangladesh Tanvir M. Huda et al Global Health Action Abstract...
Experience of active tuberculosis case finding in nearly 5 million households in India
Experience of active tuberculosis case finding in nearly 5 million households in India Prasad, B. M.et al Public Health Action, Volume 6, Number 1, 21 March 2016, pp. 15-18(4) Abstract: In India, to increase tuberculosis (TB) case detection under the National...
Politics of Medical Education in India
Politics of Medical Education in India K S Jacob The impoverishment within the public health system is in stark contrast to the phenomenal rise of private healthcare, its international standards, medical tourism and its focus on servicing the rich. A meaningful change...
Analyses of enrolment, dropout and efectiveness of RSBY in northern rural India
Analyses of enrollment, dropout and effectiveness of RSBY in northern rural India Wameq Raza and Ellen van de Poel and Pradeep Panda Erasmus University Rotterdam, Microinsurance Academy, BRAC Abstract The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was launched in 2008 to...
Health Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices about Pharmacovigilance in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Health Professionals' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices about Pharmacovigilance in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula et al PLOS One Background Spontaneous or voluntary reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is...
First proposed Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research Guidelines for India
Dear All The members of ISPOR-India Chapter have recently completed preparing the first proposed Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research Guidelines for India, for policy makers, insurance companies and other bodies. The report link is here:...
Food price and child survival
Quantifying the impact of rising food prices on child mortality in India: a cross-district statistical analysis of the District Level Household Survey Jasmine Fledderjohann, Sukumar Vellakkal, Zaky Khan, Shah Ebrahim, and David Stuckler Full text/pdf is freely...
Prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia among adults aged over 30 years in a rural area of north Kerala, India: a cross-sectional study
Prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia among adults aged over 30 years in a rural area of north Kerala, India: a cross-sectional study WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health | April 2016 Ottapura Prabhakaran Aslesh et al Abstract Background: Cardiovascular disease...