Loganathan S, Iyengar V, Chowdappa SV, Varghese M, Population trends and public awareness of healthy and pathological ageing in India: A brief overview, 2017, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol: 29, p49-53.
In context of projected demographic changes of elderly and percentage of increase in those suffering from dementia-related Disorders, this study examine the knowledge level of key stakeholders in the care of elders and reports that there is a shallow level of...
Mohanty SK, Mazumdar S, Srivastava A, Out-of-pocket Expenditure on Health Care Among Elderly and Non-elderly Households in India, 2014, Social Indicators Research, Vol: 115, No: 3, p1137-1157.
Using the consumption expenditure data from National Sample Survey this study shows that the monthly per capita health spending of elderly households is 3.8 times higher than that of non-elderly households, and the health expenditure is catastrophic for poorer...
Joe W, Rudra S, Subramanian SV, Horizontal Inequity in Elderly Health Care Utilization: Evidence from India, 2015, Journal of Korean Medical Science, Vol: 30,pS155-166
Using NSSO data this paper examine the need-standardized distribution of health care utilization by elderly in India and reports that the health care utilization is concentrated among richer sections of the elderly population and conclude that it is necessary to...Health & wellbeing: Understanding the persistent gap across caste and gender by Sanghmitra Sheel Acharya
Webinar on “Health and well-being: Understanding persistent gaps across caste and gender” conducted on 15-6-2017, Thursday presented by Professor Sanghmitra Sheel Acharya, Director, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi.