Ajay Mahal

Cost-effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in high-risk individuals for diabetes in a low- and middle-income setting: Trial-based analysis of the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program

Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Brian Oldenburg, Kavumpurathu R Thankappan, Pilvikki Absetz, Jonathan E Shaw, Robyn J Tapp, Paul Z Zimmet, Sajitha Balachandran, Suman S Shetty, Zahra Aziz, Ajay Mahal

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Medicine

BACKGROUND: Data on the cost-effectiveness of lifestyle-based diabetes prevention programs are mostly from high-income countries, ..

The long-run effects of noncommunicable disease shocks

Tianxin Pan, Michael Palmer, Ajay Mahal, Peter Annear, Barbara McPake

Journal article  |  2020  |  Health Economics

The health shocks literature typically does not take into account the temporal patterns of loss since the time of the shock. This ..

Effective coverage for hypertension treatment among middle-aged adults and the older population in China, 2011 to 2013: A nationwide longitudinal study

Yang Zhao, Ajay Singh Mahal, Shenglan Tang, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Global Health

Methods: We used the baseline survey and first follow-up surveys of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study of middle-a..

Hypertension in Rural India: The Contribution of Socioeconomic Position

Amanda G Thrift, Rathina Srinivasa Ragavan, Michaela A Riddell, Rohina Joshi, KR Thankappan, Clara Chow, Brian Oldenburg, Ajay S Mahal, Kartik Kalyanram, Kamakshi Kartik, Oduru Suresh, GK Mini, Jordan Ismail, Dilan Giguruwa Gamage, Aniqa Hasan, Velandai K Srikanth, Nihal Thomas, Pallab K Maulik, Rama K Guggilla, Roger G Evans

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

Background Various indicators of socioeconomic position (SEP) may have opposing effects on the risk of hypertension in disadvantag..

Response to letter to the Editor re 'Pulmonary Rehabilitation Adapted Index of Self-Efficacy (PRAISE) tool predicts reduction in sedentary time following pulmonary rehabilitation in people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)'

Anne E Holland, Athina Liacos, Christine F McDonald, Ajay Mahal, Catherine J Hill, Annemarie L Lee, Angela T Burge, Rosemary Moore, Caroline Nicolson, Paul O'Halloran, Narelle S Cox, Aroub Lahham, Rebecca Gillies

Journal article  |  2020  |  Physiotherapy

Trends and socio-economic disparities in catastrophic health expenditure and health impoverishment in China: 2010 to 2016

Yang Zhao, Brian Oldenburg, Ajay Mahal, Yaqi Lin, Shenglan Tang, Xiaoyun Liu

Journal article  |  2020  |  Tropical Medicine & International Health

OBJECTIVES: To investigate trends and socioeconomic disparities in the Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE) and health impoverish..

'Willingness to Pay': The Value Attributed to Program Location by Pulmonary Rehabilitation Participants

A Burge, AE Holland, CF McDonald, MJ Abramson, CJ Hill, AL Lee, NS Cox, R Moore, C Nicolson, P O'Halloran, A Lahham, R Gillies, A Mahal

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Effectiveness of a scalable group-based education and monitoring program, delivered by health workers, to improve control of hypertension in rural India: A cluster randomised controlled trial.

Dilan Giguruwa Gamage, Michaela A Riddell, Rohina Joshi, Kavumpurathu R Thankappan, Clara K Chow, Brian Oldenburg, Roger G Evans, Ajay S Mahal, Kartik Kalyanram, Kamakshi Kartik, Oduru Suresh, Nihal Thomas, Gomathyamma K Mini, Pallab K Maulik, Velandai K Srikanth, Simin Arabshahi, Ravi P Varma, Rama K Guggilla, Fabrizio D'Esposito, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS Medicine

BACKGROUND: New methods are required to manage hypertension in resource-poor settings. We hypothesised that a community health wor..

Trends and Inequalities in the Health Care and Hypertension Outcomes in China, 2011 to 2015

Yang Zhao, Ajay Singh Mahal, Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Ameera Katar, Brian Oldenburg, Luwen Zhang

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Background: Hypertension is one of the most significant and common risk factors for cardiovascular disease, yet it remains poorly ..

Trends and socioeconomic disparities in financial risk protection in China 2010-16: a repeated cross-sectional analysis

Yang Zhao, Brian Oldenburg, Ajay Mahal, Shenglan Tang, Xiaoyun Liu

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Lancet