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  1. Invisibility problem: why current economic evaluations understate the value of sexual and reproductive health and rights, and three strategic shifts to address it

    Article • BMJ Global Health, October 2026, BMJ

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  2. ESIC Series: Paper 9 Estimating initial costs of Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative solutions: assumptions and overall results

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, September 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  3. Return on investment of tobacco control measures: a systematic review protocol

    Article • JBI Evidence Synthesis, September 2024, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel , Denny John

  4. The Lifetime Health and Economic Burden of Smokeless Tobacco use in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan: Results From ASTRAMOD

    Article • Nicotine & Tobacco Research, May 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  5. Lockdowns and Vaccines: Did Covid-19 Interventions Help Reduce the Long-Term Health Economic Consequences in Ghana?

    Article • May 2023, Research Square

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  6. Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 2030—A Program to Accelerate the Implementation of World Health Organization Framework Convention for Tobacco Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation

    Article • Nicotine & Tobacco Research, February 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  7. Economic evaluations of interventional opportunities for the management of mental–physical multimorbidity: a systematic review

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2023, BMJ

    Amrit Banstola, Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  8. Behavioural support and nicotine replacement therapy for smokeless tobacco cessation: protocol for a pilot randomised-controlled multi-country trial

    Article • Pilot and Feasibility Studies, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  9. Research can be integrated into public health policy-making: global lessons for and from Spanish economic evaluations

    Article • Health Research Policy and Systems, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  10. Determinants of Physical Activity and Dietary Habits among Adults in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Amrit Banstola, Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  11. Determinants of COVID-19-Related Length of Hospital Stays and Long COVID in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  12. Cytisine versus varenicline for smoking cessation in New Zealand indigenous Māori: a randomized controlled trial

    Article • Addiction, May 2021, Wiley

    Professor Chris Bullen, Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  13. Determinants of Obesity in West Africa: A Systematic Review

    Article • April 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  14. Expect the unexpected? Challenges of prospectively exploring stakeholder engagement in research

    Article • Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  15. Determinants of COVID-19 outcomes: A systematic review

    Article • March 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  16. Behavioural Support and Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smokeless Tobacco Cessation: Protocol for a Pilot Randomised-controlled Multi-country Trial

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  17. Economics of physical activity in low-income and middle- income countries: a systematic review

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2021, BMJ

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  18. Sports Participation and Health Care Costs in Older Adults Aged 50 Years or Older

    Article • Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, August 2020, Human Kinetics

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  19. How to strengthen a health research system: WHO’s review, whose literature and who is providing leadership?

    Article • Health Research Policy and Systems, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  20. Measuring the effects on quality of life and alcohol consumption of a program to reduce binge drinking in Spanish adolescents

    Article • Drug and Alcohol Dependence, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  21. Envisioning and shaping translation of knowledge into action: A comparative case-study of stakeholder engagement in the development of a European tobacco control tool

    Article • Health Policy, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  22. Identification of Policy Priorities to Address the Burden of Smokeless Tobacco in Pakistan: A Multimethod Analysis

    Article • Nicotine & Tobacco Research, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  23. The economics of physical activity in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2019, BMJ

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel , Dr. Priyanga Ranasinghe

  24. The Relationship between Lifestyle and Costs Related to Medicine Use in Adults

    Article • Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, January 2019, Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  25. Cytisine versus varenicline for smoking cessation for Māori (the indigenous people of New Zealand) and their extended family: protocol for a randomised non-inferiority trial.

    Article • Addiction, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel , Professor Chris Bullen

  26. Nicotine preloading for smoking cessation: the Preloading RCT

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, August 2018, National Institute for Health Research

    Professor Marcus R Munafo, Rebecca Anderson, Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  27. Can Social Care Needs and Well-Being Be Explained by the EQ-5D? Analysis of the Health Survey for England

    Article • Value in Health, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  28. EQUIPTMOD as a basis for rational investment decisions in tobacco control

    Article • Addiction, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  29. An examination of user costs in relation to smokers using a cessation service based in the UK

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  30. Cost‐effectiveness of alternative smoking cessation scenarios in Spain: results from the EQUIPTMOD

    Article • Addiction, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  31. Estimates of costs for modelling return on investment from smoking cessation interventions

    Article • Addiction, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  32. OPTIMIZING USABILITY OF AN ECONOMIC DECISION SUPPORT TOOL: PROTOTYPE OF THE EQUIPT TOOL

    Article • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, February 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  33. Understanding perceived availability and importance of tobacco control interventions to inform European adoption of a UK economic model: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  34. Assessment of cost‐effective changes to the current and potential provision of smoking cessation services: an analysis based on the EQUIPTMOD

    Article • Addiction, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  35. A utility of model input uncertainty analysis in transferring tobacco control‐related economic evidence to countries with scarce resources: results from the EQUIPT study

    Article • Addiction, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  36. Cost‐effectiveness of possible future smoking cessation strategies in Hungary: results from the EQUIPTMOD

    Article • Addiction, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  37. Most important barriers and facilitators of HTA usage in decision-making in Europe

    Article • Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  38. Cost‐effectiveness of increasing the reach of smoking cessation interventions in Germany: results from the EQUIPTMOD

    Article • Addiction, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  39. Is it cost‐effective to provide internet‐based interventions to complement the current provision of smoking cessation services in the Netherlands? An analysis based on the EQUIPTMOD

    Article • Addiction, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  40. Development and application of an economic model (EQUIPTMOD) to assess the impact of smoking cessation

    Article • Addiction, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  41. Estimates of effectiveness and reach for ‘return on investment’ modelling of smoking cessation interventions using data from England

    Article • Addiction, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  42. Model‐based economic evaluations in smoking cessation and their transferability to new contexts: a systematic review

    Article • Addiction, February 2017, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  43. ROI in Public Health Policy

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  44. Similarities and differences between stakeholders’ opinions on using Health Technology Assessment (HTA) information across five European countries: results from the EQUIPT survey

    Article • Health Research Policy and Systems, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  45. Parafricta Bootees and Undergarments to Reduce Skin Breakdown in People with or at Risk of Pressure Ulcers: A NICE Medical Technologies Guidance

    Article • Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  46. Understanding the stakeholders’ intention to use economic decision-support tools: A cross-sectional study with the tobacco return on investment tool

    Article • Health Policy, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  47. Quantifying the contribution of utility cycling to population levels of physical activity: an analysis of the Active People Survey

    Article • Journal of Public Health, December 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  48. What interventions increase commuter cycling? A systematic review

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2015, BMJ

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  49. Return on investment (ROI) modelling in public health: strengths and limitations

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, July 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  50. Health‐care interventions to promote and assist tobacco cessation: a review of efficacy, effectiveness and affordability for use in national guideline development

    Article • Addiction, July 2015, Wiley

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  51. Behaviour Change in Public Health: Evidence and Implications

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  52. Potential economic impacts from improving breastfeeding rates in the UK

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, December 2014, BMJ

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  53. EQUIPT: protocol of a comparative effectiveness research study evaluating cross-context transferability of economic evidence on tobacco control

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2014, BMJ

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  54. Economic analysis of participation in physical activity in England: implications for health policy

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  55. Measuring the effect of opportunity cost of time on participation in sports and exercise

    Article • Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, January 2013, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  56. Physical activity in England: who is meeting the recommended level of participation through sports and exercise?

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, October 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  57. The fallacy of the equity-efficiency trade off: rethinking the efficient health system

    Article • BMC Public Health, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  58. Smoking and health-related quality of life in English general population: implications for economic evaluations

    Article • BMC Public Health, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  59. The demand for sports and exercise: results from an illustrative survey

    Article • The European Journal of Health Economics, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  60. Social sciences research in neglected tropical diseases 3: Investment in social science research in neglected diseases of poverty: a case study of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    Article • Health Research Policy and Systems, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  61. Social sciences research in neglected tropical diseases 2: A bibliographic analysis

    Article • Health Research Policy and Systems, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  62. Health systems performance in sub-Saharan Africa: governance, outcome and equity

    Article • BMC Public Health, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  63. Illness reporting and demand for medical care in rural Burkina Faso

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  64. Social sciences research in neglected tropical diseases 1: the ongoing neglect in the neglected tropical diseases

    Article • Health Research Policy and Systems, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  65. The Selection of an Appropriate Count Data Model for Modelling Health Insurance and Health Care Demand: Case of Indonesia

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2009, MDPI AG

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  66. The effect of community-based health insurance on the utilization of modern health care services: Evidence from Burkina Faso

    Article • Health Policy, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  67. Evaluation of an intensive family preservation service for families affected by parental substance misuse

    Article • Child Abuse Review, November 2008, Wiley

    Professor Alex G Copello, Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  68. Step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trials: An application to the study of the impact of community health insurance

    Article • Health Research Policy and Systems, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  69. Determinants of parental reports of children's illnesses: Empirical evidence from Nepal

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, September 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  70. The differences in characteristics between health-care users and non-users: implication for introducing community-based health insurance in Burkina Faso

    Article • The European Journal of Health Economics, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  71. Understanding enrolment in community health insurance in sub-Saharan Africa: a population-based case–control study in rural Burkina Faso

    Article • Bulletin of the World Health Organization, November 2006, WHO Press

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  72. Determinants of household health expenditure on western institutional health care

    Article • The European Journal of Health Economics, September 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  73. Article • Health Research Policy and Systems, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  74. Gender role and child health care utilization in Nepal

    Article • Health Policy, September 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  75. Health financing and access to services

    Article • The Lancet, February 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  76. Health financing and access to services

    Article • The Lancet, February 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  77. Household decision-making on child health care in developing countries: the case of Nepal

    Article • Health Policy and Planning, July 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  78. Willingness to pay for cataract surgery in Kathmandu valley

    Article • British Journal of Ophthalmology, March 2004, BMJ

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  79. Does Reduction in Poverty Lead to Increased Demand for Health Care?: Empirical Evidence from Nepal

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel

  80. Foreign Jobs and Domestic Care: Measuring the Effect of Remittance Inflow on the Demand for Child Health Care in Nepal

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Dr Subhash Pokhrel