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Shankar Prinja
Researcher at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Publications - 238
Citations - 4013
Shankar Prinja is an academic researcher from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 198 publications receiving 2805 citations. Previous affiliations of Shankar Prinja include Government of India & University of London.
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Community health workers for non-communicable diseases prevention and control in developing countries: Evidence and implications
TL;DR: Existing evidence suggests that, compared with standard care, using CHWs in health programmes have the potential to be effective in LMICs, particularly for tobacco cessation, blood pressure and diabetes control.
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Impact of Publicly Financed Health Insurance Schemes on Healthcare Utilization and Financial Risk Protection in India: A Systematic Review.
TL;DR: There is no clear evidence yet to suggest that publicly financed health insurance schemes have resulted in reduced OOP expenditures or higher financial risk protection, but utilization of healthcare did improve among those enrolled in the scheme.
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Health care inequities in north India: Role of public sector in universalizing health care
TL;DR: The analysis indicates that public sector health service utilization needs to be improved and OOP health care expenditures at public sector institutions should to be curtailed to improve utilization of poorer segments of population.
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Social and Economic Implications of Noncommunicable diseases in India
TL;DR: Since health sector alone cannot deal with the “chronic emergency” of NCDs, a multi-sectoral action addressing the social determinants and strengthening of health systems for universal coverage to population and individual services is required.
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Availability of medicines in public sector health facilities of two North Indian States
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a study to assess the availability of essential medicines in public sector health facilities in Punjab and Haryana, and also ascertained the quality of storage and inventory management systems in health facilities.