Publications

Costing, Financing and Expenditure of Services

Report prepared by HPRA on study commissioned by MOH on costs and financing of health services in districts.

Author(s):HPRA

Date: 1 Feb 2007                                           Type: Project Reports

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The Incidence of Public Spending on Healthcare: Comparative Evidence from Asia.

Article presents findings of the comparative analysis of benefit incidence of government health spending in 11 Asian countries.

Author(s):O'Donnell, Owen, Eddy van Doorslaer, Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Aparnaa Somanathan, Shiva Raj Adhikari, D

Date: 1 Jan 2007                                           Type: Journal articles

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Fertility Transition in Sri Lanka: The Determinants and Consequences

Paper prepared for UNESCAP seminar on fertility transition in Asia.

Author(s):APTL Abeykoon

Date: 1 Dec 2006                                           Type: Monographs

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Effect of payments for health care on poverty estimates in 11 countries in Asia: an analysis of household survey data.

Lancet paper based on the work of the Equitap collaboration presenting the key findings on the incidence of catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditures in Asian countries.

Author(s):van Doorslaer, Eddy, Owen O'Donnell, Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Aparnaa Somanathan, Shiva Raj Adhikari, C

Date: 1 Oct 2006                                           Type: Journal articles

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Mobilising financial resources for maternal health

The fourth in a series of five articles about maternal survival organised by the The Lancet Maternal Survival Series steering group.

Author(s):Jo Borghi, Tim Ensor, Aparnaa Somanathan, Craig Lissner, Anne Mills, on behalf of The Lancet Materna

Date: 1 Oct 2006                                           Type: Journal articles

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Sri Lanka�s Health Miracle

Article reviews how Sri Lanka achieved its health miracle over the past century, identifying lessons for other countries in South Asia, and noting challenges for the Sri Lankan paradigm.

Author(s):Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya

Date: 1 Oct 2006                                           Type: Journal articles

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National Health Accounts Estimation Methods: Household Out-of-pocket Spending in Private Expenditure

Draft technical report commissioned by WHO on methods for improving measurement of out-of-pocket spending in health accounts.

Author(s):Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya

Date: 1 Oct 2006                                           Type: Project Reports

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The living situation of refugees, asylumseekers and IDP�s in Armenia, Ecuador and Sri Lanka: Millennium development indicators and coping strategies

This is the final draft of the report for this study prepared for UNCHR Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

Author(s):Dr. Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Dr.Reggie Perera

Date: 1 Sep 2006                                           Type: Project Reports

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Global Review of Projecting Health Expenditures for Older Persons in Developing Countries

A review commissioned by the WHO Kobe Centre for Health and Development on the methods and approaches being used to project future health spending at the national level.

Author(s):Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Ruki Wijesinghe

Date: 1 Aug 2006                                           Type: Monographs

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The Origins of Hong Kong's Domestic Health Accounts

Book chapter reviewing the establishment, first results and subsequent development of Hong Kong's Domestic Health Accounts System.

Author(s):Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya

Date: 1 Jun 2006                                           Type: Book chapters

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