Publication year: 2008
Publication type: journal
Citation: Bhojani U, Devadasan N. What to do with the epidemic of diabetes – a health systems reposnse. Christian Medical Journal of India 2008; 23(3-4):26-28. (more…)
Publication year: 2009
Publication type: peer reviewed journal
Citation: Bhojani UM, Chander SJ, Devadasan N. Tobacco use and related factors among pre-university students in a college in Bangalore, India. National Medical Journal of India 2009;22(6):294-97
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Devadasan N, Ranson K, Van Damme W, Acharya A, Criel B. The landscape of community health insurance in India: An overview based on 10 case studies. Health Policy 2006; 78:224-34
The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY), along with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), is a flagship programme introduced by the central government in April 2008, to increase the breadth, depth and height of coverage so that ultimately universal coverage can be achieved. The main objective was to study the impact of the RSBY scheme in Patan district of Gujarat state in terms of enrolment rates, access to quality hospital care and financial protection as well as to list and understand the issues with governance, enrolment, utilisation and monitoring of the scheme
