Using costing to facilitate policy making towards universal health coverage: findings and recommendations from country-level experiences

S Gaudin, W Raza, J Skordis, A Soucat, K Stenberg… - BMJ global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
As countries progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), they frequently develop
explicit packages of health services compatible with UHC goals. As part of the Disease …

Adapting health technology assessment for drugs, medical devices, and health programs: methodological considerations from the Indian experience

S Prinja, G Jyani, N Gupta… - Expert Review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Heterogeneity in methods of economic evaluation makes the use of health
technology assessment (HTA) evidence difficult. Thereby, several countries including India …

[HTML][HTML] Cost of treatment for cervical cancer in India

MP Singh, AS Chauhan, B Rai, S Ghoshal… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: The study was undertaken at a large public tertiary hospital in North India. The
health system cost was assessed using a mixed micro-costing approach. The data were …

Cost-effectiveness of population-based screening for diabetes and hypertension in India: an economic modelling study

G Kaur, AS Chauhan, S Prinja… - The Lancet Public …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background India faces a high burden of diabetes and hypertension. Currently, there is a
dearth of economic evidence about screening programmes, affected age groups, and …

Cost of hospital services in India: a multi-site study to inform provider payment rates and health technology assessment

AS Chauhan, L Guinness, P Bahuguna… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The'Cost of Health Services in India (CHSI)'is the first large scale multi-site facility
costing study to incorporate evidence from a national sample of both private and public …

Financial toxicity of cancer treatment in India: towards closing the cancer care gap

S Prinja, J Dixit, N Gupta, A Dhankhar… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The rising economic burden of cancer on patients is an important determinant
of access to treatment initiation and adherence in India. Several publicly financed health …

Building resilient health systems: patient safety during COVID-19 and lessons for the future

S Narwal, S Jain - Journal of Health Management, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the country's health
systems and diminished its capability to provide safe and effective healthcare. This article …

The politics of health policy agenda setting in India: the case of the PMJAY program

A Kalita, K Croke - Health Systems & Reform, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In 2018, India's Prime Minister announced a new health insurance program,
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), aiming to cover over 500 million people. This …

Refining the provider payment system of India's government-funded health insurance programme: an econometric analysis

S Prinja, P Bahuguna, MP Singh, L Guinness… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Reimbursement rates in national health insurance schemes are frequently
weighted to account for differences in the costs of service provision. To determine weights …

The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) after four years of implementation–is it making an impact on quality of inpatient care and …

S Garg, KK Bebarta, N Tripathi - BMC Health Services Research, 2024 - Springer
Background India launched a national health insurance scheme named Ayushman Bharat
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in 2018 as a key policy for universal health …