PUBLICATIONS
Diet and Nutritional Status of Rural Population, Prevalence of Hypertension & Diabetes among Adults and Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices Report of Third Repeat Survey
Diet and Nutritional Status of Rural Population, Prevalence of Hypertension & Diabetes among Adults and Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices Report of Third Repeat Survey National Institute Of Nutrition, Hyderabad, 2013 The Indian Council of Medical Research...
The Economic Burden of Cancers on Indian Households
The Economic Burden of Cancers on Indian Households Mahal A, Karan A, Fan VY, Engelgau M (2013) PLoS ONE August 2013 Abstract We assessed the burden of cancer on households’ out-of-pocket health spending, non-medical consumption, workforce participation, and debt and...
The national employment guarantee scheme and inequities in household spending on food and non-food determinants of health in rural India
The national employment guarantee scheme and inequities in household spending on food and non-food determinants of health in rural India TR Dilip, Rakhi Dandona and Lalit Dandona nternational Journal for Equity in Health 2013, 12:84 Introduction Inequities in a...
Palm oil taxes and cardiovascular disease mortality in India: economic-epidemiologic model
Abstract Objective To examine the potential effect of a tax on palm oil on hyperlipidemia and on mortality due to cardiovascular disease in India. Design Economic-epidemiologic model. Modeling methods A microsimulation model of mortality due to myocardial infarction...
India’s Health Insurance Scheme for the Poor: Evidence from the Early Experience of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
India's Health Insurance Scheme for the Poor: Evidence from the Early Experience of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana Centre for Policy Research Robert Palacios, Changging Sun This monograph documents the early experience of states, insurance companies, households...
Aarogyasri Healthcare Model:Advantage Private Sector EPW Article
Aarogyasri Healthcare Model:Advantage Private Sector 2011 vol xlvi no 49 EPW Economic & Political Weekly Rajan Shukla, Veena Shatrugna, R Srivatsan Andhra Pradesh’s Aarogyasri programme has placed health on the political map in the state and is popular with the...
An article on health equity policy processes in India
Int J Equity Health. 2011 Nov 18;10(1):55. Challenges and opportunities for policy decisions to address health equity in developing health systems: case study of the policy processes in the Indian state of Orissa. Gopalan SS, Mohanty S, Das A. ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:...
How can the health equity impact of universal policies be evaluated? Insights into approaches and next steps Synthesis of discussions from an Expert Group Meeting
How can the health equity impact of universal policies be evaluated? Insights into approaches and next steps Synthesis of discussions from an Expert Group Meeting A joint publication between the WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice,...
Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy: A Critique EPW Article
Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy: A Critique Sakthivel Selvaraj,et al Abstract The recently announced draft National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy 2011 fails to ensure accessible and affordable medicines for all in India. This is due to the limited scope and market-based...
India UHC Costing Paper
The attached article which we recently published in PLoS One deals with costing of a universal health care based on IPHS services package. Hope this provides some empirical estimates and adds to the debate, especially in the wake of calls for universal health...