Evaluating the costs, work patterns and efficiency (CORE) of comprehensive primary healthcare (CPHC) in India (The CPHC CORE study): a top-down micro-costing study protocol
The study has been approved by the Institute Ethics Committee of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India vide IEC no: PGI/IEC/2023/EIC000588. The study results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented to the policymakers at the national level. Furthermore, the cost estimates generated by the study will be integrated into the National Health System Cost Database for India, providing information to policymakers and researchers.
Authors
- Sitanshu Sekhar Kar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7122-523X)
- Surya Bali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6694-0025)
- Atul Kotwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4592-7814)
- Beena Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2187-4922)
- Luigi D’Aquino
- Shankar Prinja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7719-6986)
- Sudip Bhattacharya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3112-3487)
- Sandra Albert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0355-9283)
- Ajay Trakroo
- Sandeep Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5828-2513)
- Prakash Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1999-9657)
- Arun Aggarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5264-4997)
- Kuldeep Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8183-2628)
- Aarti Goyal
- Praween Agrawal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0449-9713)
- Shweta Sharda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0608-8341)
Institutions
- United Nations Children's Fund (US)
- National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur (IN)
- Wockhardt (United States) (US)
- Indian Institute of Management Shillong (IN)
- Institute of Public Health Bengaluru (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (IN)
- National Health Systems Resource Centre (IN)
- United Nations Children's Fund India (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar (IN)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093430
- Primary Topic
- Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- UNICEF