Browsing by Author "Selvaraj, Sakthivel"
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Antibiotic prescriptions for oral diseases in India: evidence from national prescription data
Mathur, Manu Raj; Nagrath, Deepti; Mishra, Vijay Kumar; Harris, Rebecca; Saeed, Syed Saif; Selvaraj, Sakthivel; Mehta, Aashna; Farooqui, Habib Hasan... more authors ... less authors ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)Introduction: The key objective of this research was to describe the prescription rate of various antibiotics for dental problems in India and to study the relevance of the prescriptions by analysing antibiotic types ... -
Evaluating the impact of price regulation (Drug Price Control Order 2013) on antibiotic sales in India: a quasi-experimental analysis, 2008–2018
Selvaraj, Sakthivel; Farooqui, Habib Hasan; Mehta, Aashna; Mathur, Manu Raj ( Springer , 2022 , Article)Background: In India, due to a lack of population-level financial risk protection mechanisms, the expenditure on healthcare is primarily out-of-pocket in nature. Through Drug Price Control Orders (DPCOs), the Indian ... -
Impact of the Drug Prices Control Order (2013) on the Utilization of Anticancer Medicines in India: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis.
Sharma, Bhavna; Mehta, Aashna; Farooqui, Habib H; Negandhi, Himanshu; Selvaraj, Sakthivel ( BMC , 2022 , Article)Objectives The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority introduced a series of Drug Prices Control Orders since 1970 to regulate the prices of essential medicines in India. This study evaluated the impact of the Drug ... -
Multimorbidity, healthcare use and catastrophic health expenditure by households in India: a cross-section analysis of self-reported morbidity from national sample survey data 2017–18
Karan, Anup; Farooqui, Habib Hasan; Hussain, Suhaib; Hussain, Mohammad Akhtar; Selvaraj, Sakthivel; Mathur, Manu Raj... more authors ... less authors ( BMC , 2022 , Article)Background: The purpose of this research is to generate new evidence on the economic consequences of multimorbidity on households in terms of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures and their implications for catastrophic OOP ... -
Out-of-pocket expenditure on childhood infections and its financial burden on Indian households: Evidence from nationally representative household survey (2017–18)
Farooqui, Habib Hasan; Karan, Anup; Mathur, Manu Raj; Hussain, Suhaib; Selvaraj, Sakthivel ( Public Library of Science , 2022 , Article)The key objective of this research was to estimate out of pocket expenditure (OOPE) incurred by the Indian households for the treatment of childhood infections. We estimated OOPE estimates on outpatient care and hospitalization ... -
Quantifying antibiotic use in typhoid fever in India: a cross-sectional analysis of private sector medical audit data, 2013-2015
Fazaludeen Koya, Shaffi; Hasan Farooqui, Habib; Mehta, Aashna; Selvaraj, Sakthivel; Galea, Sandro ( BMJ Publishing Group , 2022 , Article)OBJECTIVES: To estimate the antibiotic prescription rates for typhoid in India. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Private sector primary care clinicians in India. PARTICIPANTS: The data came from prescriptions of a ...