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Public Health Foundation of India: New Delhi, Delhi, IN

2007-09-10 to present | Director and Professor (Health Economics)
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Education and qualifications (2)

Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, US

2006-07 to 2007-06 | Takemi (Post-Doctoral) Fellow (International Health )
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Jawaharlal Nehru University: New Delhi, Delhi, IN

1996-07 to 2001-08 | Ph.D. (Centre for Economic Studies and Planning )
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Professional activities (2)

Indian Health Economics Association: New Delhi, Delhi, IN

2016 to present | Founder Secretary
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

USEFI: New Delhi, New Dehi, IN

2007-09-30 | Fullbright Fellowship
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Works (36)

Quantifying antibiotic use in typhoid fever in India: a cross-sectional analysis of private sector medical audit data, 2013–2015

BMJ Open
2022-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Shaffi Fazaludeen Koya; Habib Hasan Farooqui; Aashna Mehta; Sakthivel Selvaraj; Sandro Galea
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Did the poor gain from India’s health policy interventions? Evidence from benefit-incidence analysis, 2004–2018

International Journal for Equity in Health
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Sakthivel Selvaraj; Anup K. Karan; Wenhui Mao; Habib Hasan; Ipchita Bharali; Preeti Kumar; Osondu Ogbuoji; Chetana Chaudhuri
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Antibiotic use for typhoid in India: Estimation from private sector prescription data during 2013-15

2021-12-13 | Preprint
Contributors: Shaffi Fazaludeen Koya; Habib Hasan Farooqui; Aashna Mehta; Sakthivel Selvaraj; Sandro Galea
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Costs and Affordability of COVID-19 Testing and Treatment in India

2021-07-14 | Other
Contributors: Sakthivel Selvaraj; Preeti Kumar; Ipchita Bharali; Habib Hasan; Wenhui Mao; Osondu Ogbuoji; Suhaib Hussain
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Does price regulation affect atorvastatin sales in India? An impact assessment through interrupted time series analysis

BMJ Open
2019 | Journal article
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Outpatient antiobiotic prescription rate and pattern in the private sector in India: Evidence from medical audit data

PLoS One
2019-11-13 | Journal article
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Community level antibiotic utilization in India and its comparison vis-à-vis European countries: Evidence from pharmaceutical sales data

PLoS One
2018 | Journal article
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Quantifying the financial burden of households’ out-of-pocket payments on medicines in India: a repeated crosssectional analysis of National Sample Survey data, 1994–2014

BMJ Open
2018 | Journal article
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Subnational health accounts: Experience from Punjab State in India

PLoS One
2018 | Journal article
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

A critical analysis of concentration and competition in the Indian pharmaceutical market

PLoS ONE
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84960981889

Contributors: Mehta, A.; Farooqui, H.H.; Selvaraj, S.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Have socioeconomic inequalities in tobacco use in india increased over time? Trends from the national sample surveys (2000-2012)

Nicotine and Tobacco Research
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84982924033

Contributors: Bhan, N.; Karan, A.; Srivastava, S.; Selvaraj, S.; Subramanian, S.V.; Millett, C.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

What is the private sector? Understanding private provision in the health systems of low-income and middle-income countries

Lancet (London, England)
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84986295330

Contributors: Mackintosh, M.; Channon, A.; Karan, A.; Selvaraj, S.; Cavagnero, E.; Zhao, H.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Cost-effectiveness of interventions to control cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Asia: Protocol for a systematic review

BMJ Open
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84926638570

Contributors: Singh, K.; Chandra Sekaran, A.M.; Bhaumik, S.; Aisola, M.; Chattopadhyay, K.; Gamage, A.U.; De Silva, P.; Selvaraj, S.; Roy, A.; Prabhakaran, D. et al.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

India’s Fiscal Policies for Tobacco Control

Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd.
2015 | Edited book
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Price elasticity of tobacco products among economic classes in India, 2011-2012

BMJ Open
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84960374799

Contributors: Selvaraj, S.; Srivastava, S.; Karan, A.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Cross-sectional survey of the models in Bihar and Tamil Nadu, India for pooled procurement of medicines

WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health
2015-01 | Journal article
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Access to Medicines in India

Academic Foundation, New India, India
2014 | Edited book
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Elderly workforce participation, wage differentials and contribution to household income

Population Ageing in India
2014 | Book
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2-s2.0-84954109029

Contributors: Selvaraj, S.; Karan, A.; Madheswaran, S.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Moving to universal coverage? Trends in the burden of out-of-pocket payments for health care across social groups in India, 1999-2000 to 2011-12

PLoS ONE
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84930657239

Contributors: Karan, A.; Selvaraj, S.; Mahal, A.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Smokeless tobacco control policies in South Asia: A gap analysis and recommendations

Nicotine and Tobacco Research
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84900014563

Contributors: Khan, A.; Huque, R.; Shah, S.K.; Kaur, J.; Baral, S.; Gupta, P.C.; Cherukupalli, R.; Sheikh, A.; Selvaraj, S.; Nargis, N. et al.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Universal access to medicines: evidence from Rajasthan, India

WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health
2014 | Journal article
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Sakthivel Selvaraj

Access to cancer medicines in India

The Lancet Oncology
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84875775309

Contributors: Kishore, S.P.; Basu, S.; Selvaraj, S.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Africa could learn from India's burgeoning pharma sector.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84884798358

Contributors: Selvaraj, S.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Promotion of access to essential medicines for non-communicable diseases: Practical implications of the un political declaration

The Lancet
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84874402388

Contributors: Hogerzeil, H.V.; Liberman, J.; Wirtz, V.J.; Kishore, S.P.; Selvaraj, S.; Kiddell-Monroe, R.; Mwangi-Powell, F.N.; Von Schoen-Angerer, T.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Publicly-financed health insurance schemes: A response

Economic and Political Weekly
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84877054804

Contributors: Selvaraj, S.; Karan, A.K.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Socio-economic patterning of tobacco use in Indian states

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84880500126

Contributors: Agrawal, S.; Karan, A.; Selvaraj, S.; Bhan, N.; Subramanian, S.V.; Millett, C.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Are socioeconomic disparities in tobacco consumption increasing in India? A repeated cross-sectional multilevel analysis

BMJ Open
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84869763825

Contributors: Bhan, N.; Srivastava, S.; Agrawal, S.; Subramanyam, M.; Millett, C.; Selvaraj, S.; Subramanian, S.V.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Erratum: Publicly-financed health insurance schemes: Ignorance is not bliss (Economic and Political Weekly (109))

Economic and Political Weekly
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84865044384

Contributors: Selvaraj, S.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Financial risk protection & chronic disease care

Indian Journal of Medical Research
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84869018994

Contributors: Selvaraj, S.; Subramanian, S.V.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy: A critique

Economic and Political Weekly
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84856896579

Contributors: Selvaraj, S.; Hasan, H.; Chokshi, M.; Sengupta, A.; Guha, A.; Shiva, M.; Srinivasan, S.; Phadke, A.; Gopakumar, K.M.; Santhosh, M.R. et al.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Publicly-financed health insurance schemes: Ignorance is not bliss

Economic and Political Weekly
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84865135143

Contributors: Selvaraj, S.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Why publicly-financed health insurance schemes are ineffective in providing financial risk protection

Economic and Political Weekly
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84859363028

Contributors: Selvaraj, S.; Karan, A.K.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Health care and equity in India

The Lancet
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-79551681501

Contributors: Balarajan, Y.; Selvaraj, S.; Subramanian, S.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Evidence-based national vaccine policy

Indian Journal of Medical Research
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77952362162

Contributors: Madhavi, Y.; Puliyel, J.M.; Mathew, J.L.; Raghuram, N.; Phadke, A.; Shiva, M.; Srinivasan, S.; Paul, Y.; Srivastava, R.N.; Parthasarathy, A. et al.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Are self-reports of health and morbidities in developing countries misleading? Evidence from India

Social Science and Medicine
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-58249137441

Contributors: Subramanian, S.V.; Subramanyam, M.A.; Selvaraj, S.; Kawachi, I.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Social analysis of sex imbalance in India: Betore and after the implementation of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) Act

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-62449302403

Contributors: Subramanian, S.V.; Selvaraj, S.
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Sakthivel Selvaraj via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (12 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMJ open. (6)
Review activity for International journal for equity in health (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (5)