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The role of community healthcare workers in head and neck cancer: A systematic scoping review of the literature.
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022-03-17)
It is estimated that Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) will cause over 500,000 deaths worldwide by 2030. This is coupled with a shortage of trained healthcare professionals to manage HNC. An alternative cadre of workers - community ...
Validation and minimally important difference of the Child-OIDP in a socioeconomically diverse sample of Indian adolescents
(BMC, 2022-04-22)
Introduction
While different measures have been validated and used to assess the oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children and adolescents, no previous study has tested the psychometric performance of OHRQoL ...
Antibiotic prescriptions for oral diseases in India: evidence from national prescription data
(BMC, 2023-03-25)
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 ...
Determinants of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Traumatic Dental Injuries among Urban Indian Adolescents
(Public Library of Science, 2015-10-19)
OBJECTIVES: To assess socioeconomic inequalities in traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) in adolescents in New Delhi and examine the role of material, psychosocial and behavioural factors in explaining these inequalities. ...
Will India's national health policy deliver universal health coverage?
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2015-06-01)
The changing patterns of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016
(Elsevier, 2018-09-12)
BACKGROUND: The burden of cardiovascular diseases is increasing in India, but a systematic understanding of its distribution and time trends across all the states is not readily available. In this report, we present a ...
Evaluating the impact of price regulation (Drug Price Control Order 2013) on antibiotic sales in India: a quasi-experimental analysis, 2008-2018
(BMC, 2022-10-22)
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 ...
Nations within a nation: variations in epidemiological transition across the states of India, 1990-2016 in the Global Burden of Disease Study
(Elsevier, 2017-11-14)
BACKGROUND: 18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population health in India requires availability of ...
The burden of chronic respiratory diseases and their heterogeneity across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016
(Elsevier, 2018-09-12)
BACKGROUND: India has 18% of the global population and an increasing burden of chronic respiratory diseases. However, a systematic understanding of the distribution of chronic respiratory diseases and their trends over ...
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
(BMC, 2022-09-12)
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 ...