An integrated dataset on current adoption practices, readiness and willingness to use m-commerce amongst women fish vendors in Karnataka state, India.

The dataset describes the survey data on current adoption practices, readiness and willingness amongst woman fish vendors (WFVs) towards the adoption of m-commerce in Coastal Karnataka region, India. The coastal Karnataka belt houses three districts viz. Udupi, Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada.

Program design, implementation and performance: the case of social health insurance in India.

Published works on health insurance tend to focus on program design and its impact, neglecting the implementation process that links the two and affects outcomes. This paper examines the National Health Insurance [Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)] in India with the objective of assessing the role of implementation structures and processes in shaping performance. The central question that the paper addresses is: why does the performance of RSBY vary across states despite similar program design? Using a comparative case study approach analyzing the program's functioning in three states, it finds the answer in the differences in governance of implementation.

Spatio-temporal assessment of infant mortality rate in India.

Background: Infant mortality rate (IMR) is globally identified by the policymakers as the marker of health of a population.

Objectives: This study aimed to detect the change in hotspots of IMR in Indian states from the year 2000 to 2012, identify hotspots of IMR at district level in selected states from each of the six regions of India and determine the potential predictors of IMR after accounting for spatial autocorrelation.

Methods: Ecological study design was used to analyze state and district level data on IMR of India.

10 best resources on power in health policy and systems in low- and middle-income countries.

Power is a critical concept to understand and transform health policy and systems. Power manifests implicitly or explicitly at multiple levels-local, national and global-and is present at each actor interface, therefore shaping all actions, processes and outcomes. Analysing and engaging with power has important potential for improving our understanding of the underlying causes of inequity, and our ability to promote transparency, accountability and fairness.

Horses for Courses: Moving India towards Universal Health Coverage through Targeted Policy Design.

The debate on how India's health system should move towards universal health coverage was (meant to be) put to rest by the recent National Health Policy 2017. However, the new policy is silent about tackling bottlenecks mentioned in the said policy proposal. It aims to provide universal access to free primary care by strengthening the public system, and to secondary and tertiary care through strategic purchasing from the private sector, to overcome deficiencies in public provisioning in the short run.

Direct costs for nonsurgical management of Chronic Pancreatitis in a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Background: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a leading cause of hospitalization among gastrointestinal diseases resulting in considerable financial burden to patients. However the direct costs for nonsurgical management in CP remains unexplored.

Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out (2011-14) in the Department of Gastroenterology, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, India.

Treatment-seeking behavior and obstacles to treatment compliance in diabetic patients in Mangaluru, India.

Aim: To evaluate the local treatment-seeking behaviors of diabetics with a focus on the root causes of culture-specific barriers to treatment compliance and define targets for intervention.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered in the local language to 204 diabetic adults in rural and urban clinical settings. Fasting blood glucose level was measured in all participants prior to the survey.