Publications

August 2014
Analysis of the Universal Immunization Programme and introduction of a rotavirus vaccine in India with IndiaSim
Disease Control Priorities, Health and Development
April 2014
IndiaSim: An Agent-based Model for Estimating the Health and Economic Benefits of Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Diseases in India
Health and Development, Disease Control Priorities
April 2014
Influenza A H1N1 Pandemic Strain Evolution Divergence and the Potential for Antigenic Drift Variants
Disease Control Priorities, Disease Control Priorities
November 2013
Socioeconomic and Institutional Determinants of Healthcare Provider Choice in India (Working Paper)
November 2013
Economics and Financing of Febrile Illness RDTs: Report of Consultation 1
October 2013
Optimizing antimicrobial prescribing: Are clinicians following national trends in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections rather than local data when treating MRSA wound infections
Health and Development, Antibiotic Resistance
August 2013
The Socioeconomic and Institutional Determinants of Participation in Indias Health Insurance Scheme for the Poor
Antibiotic Resistance, Health and Development
July 2013
Unit Cost of Medical Services at Different Hospitals in India
Antibiotic Resistance, Health and Development
July 2013
Costs of Surgical Procedures in Indian Hospitals
Health and Development, Health and Development
February 2013
The Changing Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the United States: A National Observational Study
Health and Development, Antibiotic Resistance
October 2012
The Future of the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria: Will AMFm Play On?
Antibiotic Resistance, Malaria
Has AMFm been effective? How will it continue in the future?Read more
October 2012
A Matter of Life and Death
Malaria, Antibiotic Resistance
What broad-based economic solutions could help fight the growing threat of antibiotic resistance?Read more
April 2012
Malaria resurgence: a systematic review and assessment of its causes
Malaria, Malaria
Why have there been so many historical failures to maintain gains in malaria control?Read more
August 2011
Synthesizing epidemiological and economic optima for control of immunizing infections
Antibiotic Resistance, Disease Control Priorities
What is the optimum level of control of immunizing infections?Read more
March 2011
Situation Analysis: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in India, Executive Summary
Health and Development, Antibiotic Resistance
What do we know about treatment access and antibiotic resistance in India?Read more
February 2011
Disability and cost for diabetic patients at a public district hospital in Thailand
Antibiotic Resistance, Health and Development
What are the costs of illness and disability among diabetic patients in Thailand? Are government disability allocations sufficient to cover these costs?Read more
February 2011
Situation Analysis: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in Vietnam
Antibiotic Resistance, Environmental Health, Health and Development, Antibiotic Resistance
January 2011
Global Burden of Disease: Causes, Consequences and Intervention Strategies
Antibiotic Resistance, Health and Development
January 2011
Economic Benefit of Tuberculosis Control
Health and Development
January 2011
Antibiotic Effectiveness: New Challenges in Natural Resource Management
Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance, Environmental Health, Health and Development
October 2010
The value of information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications for Realizing Social Benefit workshop
Malaria, Environmental Health
What is meant by value of information? When does information have value? What are state-of-the-practice methods to ascribe value to information?Read more
June 2010
Can Vaccines Reduce Antibiotic Use? The Successes and Challenges of Pneumococcal Vaccines
Disease Control Priorities, Antibiotic Resistance
May 2010
A New Chapter in the History of Malaria Control
Disease Control Priorities, Malaria
This week's commentary, by Dave Smith and Maciej Boni, who we are delighted to have with us at RFF, provides a brief history of attempts to control malaria. This enormously important topic is also very timely, given the development of effective new drugs to treat the disease and the current...Read more
May 2010
India's Health Initiative: Financing Issues and Options
Antibiotic Resistance, Disease Control Priorities
In response to the challenge of sustaining the health gains achieved in the better-performing states and ensuring that the lagging states catch up with the rest of the country, the Indian government has launched the National Rural Health Mission. A central goal of the effort is to increase public...Read more
May 2010
Air Pollution and Acute Respiratory Illness: Evidence from Taiwan and Los Angeles
Disease Control Priorities, Environmental Health
May 2010
Does the Value of a Statistical Life Vary with Age and Health Status? Evidence from the US and Canada
Disease Control Priorities, Disease Control Priorities
This paper provides an empirical assessment of the effects of age and baseline health on willingness to pay (WTP) for mortality risk reductions by reporting the results of two contingent valuation surveys: one administered in Hamilton, Ontario and the other to a national sample of US residents...Read more
May 2010
Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reductions: Does Latency Matter?
Environmental Health, Disease Control Priorities
Using results from two contingent valuation surveys conducted in Canada and the U.S., we explore the effect of a latency period on willingness to pay (WTP) for reduced mortality risk using a structural model. We find that delaying the time at which the risk reduction occurs by 10 to 30 years...Read more
May 2010
The Value of Mortality Risk Reductions in Delhi, India
Antibiotic Resistance, Disease Control Priorities
We interviewed commuters in Delhi, India, to estimate their willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce their risk of dying in road traffic accidents in three scenarios that mirror the circumstances under which traffic fatalities occur in Delhi. The WTP responses are internally valid: WTP increases with the...Read more
May 2010
Diversify or Focus? Spending to Combat Infectious Diseases When Budgets are Tight
Antibiotic Resistance, Disease Control Priorities
We consider a health authority seeking to allocate annual budgets optimally over time to minimize the discounted social cost of infection(s) evolving in a finite set of R >/= 2 groups. This optimization problem is challenging, since as is well known, the standard epidemiological model describing...Read more
May 2010
Cost-Effectiveness of Disease Interventions in India
Disease Control Priorities, Disease Control Priorities
Health improvements in India, while significant, have not kept up with rapid economic growth rates. The poor in India face high out-of-pocket payments for health care, a significant burden of infectious diseases, and a rapidly increasing burden of non-communicable diseases. Against this backdrop,...Read more

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