Browsing by Author "Mehta, Aashna"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Regulatory enforcement of the marketing of fixed-dose combinations in India: a case study of systemic antibiotics
Brhlikova, Petra; Mehta, Aashna; McGettigan, Patricia; Pollock, Allyson M.; Roderick, Peter; Farooqui, Habib Hasan... more authors ... less authors ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)Background: In India, states have licensed the manufacture of large numbers of fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs without the required prior approval of the central regulator. This paper describes two major regulatory ... -
Systemic antibiotic sales and WHO recommendations, India.
Mehta, Aashna; Brhlikova, Petra; McGettigan, Patricia; Pollock, Allyson M; Roderick, Peter; Farooqui, Habib Hasan... more authors ... less authors ( World Health Organization , 2022 , Article)To analyse sales of fixed-dose combination and single antibiotics in India in relation to World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations and national regulatory efforts to control antibiotic sales. We extracted data on ...