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Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya
Publications - 24
Citations - 1932
Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Public health. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 19 publications receiving 1775 citations.
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Effect of payments for health care on poverty estimates in 11 countries in Asia: an analysis of household survey data.
Eddy van Doorslaer,Owen O'Donnell,Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya,Aparnaa Somanathan,Shiva Raj Adhikari,Charu C. Garg,Deni Harbianto,Alejandro N. Herrin,Mohammed N. Huq,Shamsia Ibragimova,Anup Karan,Chiu Wan Ng,Badri Raj Pande,Rachel H. Racelis,Sihai Tao,Keith Y.K. Tin,Kanjana Tisayaticom,Laksono Trisnantoro,Chitpranee Vasavid,Yuxin Zhao +19 more
TL;DR: The overall prevalence of absolute poverty in these countries was 14% higher than conventional estimates that do not take account of out-of-pocket payments for health care, and policies to reduce the number of Asians living on less than 1 dollar per day need to include measures to reduce such payments.
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Global health security: the wider lessons from the west African Ebola virus disease epidemic
David L Heymann,Lincoln C. Chen,Keizo Takemi,David P. Fidler,Jordan W. Tappero,Mathew Thomas,Thomas A. Kenyon,Thomas R. Frieden,Derek Yach,Sania Nishtar,Alexandre Kalache,Alexandre Kalache,Piero Olliaro,Piero Olliaro,Peter Horby,Els Torreele,Lawrence O. Gostin,Margareth Ndomondo-Sigonda,Daniel Carpenter,Simon Rushton,Simon Rushton,Louis Lillywhite,Bhimsen Devkota,Bhimsen Devkota,Khalid Koser,Robert Yates,Ranu S Dhillon,Ranu S Dhillon,Ranu S Dhillon,Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya +29 more
TL;DR: A group of respected global health practitioners reflecting on lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak describe some of the major threats to individual and collective human health, as well as the values and recommendations that should be considered to counteract such threats in the future.
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Who pays for health care in Asia
Owen O'Donnell,Eddy van Doorslaer,Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya,Aparnaa Somanathan,Shiva Raj Adhikari,Baktygul Akkazieva,Deni Harbianto,Charu C. Garg,Piya Hanvoravongchai,Alejandro N. Herrin,Mohammed N. Huq,Shamsia Ibragimova,Anup Karan,Soonman Kwon,Gabriel M. Leung,Jui-fen Rachel Lu,Yasushi Ohkusa,Badri Raj Pande,Rachel H. Racelis,Keith Y.K. Tin,Kanjana Tisayaticom,Laksono Trisnantoro,Quan Wan,Bong-Min Yang,Yuxin Zhao +24 more
TL;DR: This work estimates the distributional incidence of health care financing in 13 Asian territories that account for 55% of the Asian population and finds that in most low-/middle-income countries, the better-off not only pay more, they also get more health care.
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The incidence of public spending on healthcare : comparative evidence from Asia
Owen O'Donnell,Eddy van Doorslaer,Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya,Aparnaa Somanathan,Shiva Raj Adhikari,Deni Harbianto,Charu C. Garg,Piya Hanvoravongchai,Mohammed N. Huq,Anup Karan,Gabriel M. Leung,Chiu Wan Ng,Badri Raj Pande,Keith Y.K. Tin,Kanjana Tisayaticom,Laksono Trisnantoro,Yuhui Zhang,Yuxin Zhao +17 more
TL;DR: The experiences of Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand suggest that increasing the incidence of propoor healthcare requires limiting the use of user fees, or protecting the poor effectively from them, and building a wide network of health facilities.
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Paying out-of-pocket for health care in Asia: Catastrophic and poverty impact
Eddy van Doorslaer,Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya,Sri Lanka,Aparnaa Somanathan,Baktygul Akkazieva,Charu C. Garg,Alejandro N. Herrin,Mohammed N. Huq,Shamsia Ibragimova,Tae-jin Lee,Gabriel M. Leung +10 more
TL;DR: This is the first cross-country comparisons of the impoverishing effect of OOP payments measured against the international poverty standards of $1 and $2 per person per day.