Journal Articles

1. Tripathi, N., Parhad, P., Garg, S…..Keshri VR. Performance of health and wellness centre in providing primary care services in Chhattisgarh, India. BMC Prim. Care 25, 360 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02603-1

2. Singh P, Sriram V, Vaid S, Nanda S, Keshri VR. Examining representation of women in leadership of professional medical associations in India. PLOS Global Public Health. 2024;4(8): e0003587. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003587

3. Garg S, Bebarta KK, Tripathi N, Keshri VR. Impact of Government-Funded Health Insurance on Out-of-Pocket Expenditure and Quality of Hospital-Based Care in Indian States of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 2024; https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-024-00911-2

4. Keshri VR, Jagnoor J, Peden M, Norton R, Abimbola S. Why does a public health issue (not) get priority? Agenda setting for the national burns programme in India. Health Policy and Planning. 2024;39(5):457-468. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae019

5. Keshri VR, Parveen S, Abimbola S, Mishra B, Khurram MF, Peden M, Norton R, Jagnoor J. The health workforce conundrum for burn care in Uttar Pradesh, India: a qualitative exploration. Global Public Health. 2024;19(1):2345370. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2024.2345370

6. Abhishek S, Garg S, Keshri VR. How useful do communities find the health and wellness centres? A qualitative assessment of India’s new policy for primary health care. BMC Health Services Research. 2024;25(91). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02343-2

7. Agrawal D, Sharma P, Keshri VR. Who drives the health policy agenda in India? Actors in National Health Committees since Independence. Dialogues in Health. 2024;4:100167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2024.100167

8. Singh P, Keshri VR. Missing gender diversity in burns care. Burns. 2024; S0305-4179. https://europepmc.org/article/med/37802710

9. Keshri VR, Peden M, Singh P, Norton R, Abimbola S, Jagnoor J. Health systems research in burn care: an evidence gap map. Injury Prevention. 2023;ip-2023. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37532304/

10. Joshi R, Yakubu K, Keshri VR, Jha V. Skilled health workforce emigration: its consequences, ethics, and potential solutions. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2023;98(7):960-965. https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(23)00178-7/abstract

11. Keshri VR, Abimbola S, Parveen S, Mishra B, Roy MP, Jain T, Peden M, Jagnoor J. Navigating health systems for burn care: patient journeys and delays in Uttar Pradesh, India. Burns. 2023; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2023.03.009

12. Sriram V, Keshri V. Interest groups and health facility regulation–future directions for health policy and systems research. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2023; https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4424.html

13. Keshri VR. Reform of medical practice regulation in India is 'half-done'. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. 2023;8(3):257-8. https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2023.013

14. Keshri VR, Bhaumik S. The feudal structure of global health and its implications for decolonisation. BMJ Global Health. 2022;7. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010603

15. Keshri VR, Garg BS. Operational barriers in providing quality emergency obstetric care at first referral level health facilities in India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 2021;46:252-7. https://www.ijcm.org.in/text.asp?2021/46/2/252/317077

16. Keshri VR, Peden M, Jain T, Babu BV, Saha S, Singhal M, et al. Impact of COVID-19 and containment measures on burn care in India: A qualitative exploratory study. Burns. 2021; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2021.11.011

17. Keshri VR. Leveraging mHealth intervention to ensure initiation of treatment for tuberculosis. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 2021;67(4):194-195. https://doi.org/10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_340_21

18. Keshri VR, Jagnoor J. Burns in India: a call for health policy action. Lancet Public Health. 2021; S2468-2667(21)00256-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00256-5

19. Sriram V, Keshri VR, Kumbhar K. The impact of colonial-era policies on health workforce regulation in India: lessons for contemporary reform. Human Resource for Health. 2021;19:100. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-021-00640-w

20. Gupta M, Keshri VR, Konwar P, Cox KL, Jagnoor J. Media coverage of COVID-19 health information in India: a content analysis. Health Promotion International. 2021;37(2): daab116. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab116

21. Keshri VR, Sriram V, Baru R. Reforming the regulation of medical education, professionals and practice in India. BMJ Global Health. 2020;5. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002765

22. Ghosh S, Keshri VR. Paradox in women’s education and fertility relationship in the Hindi-Heartland. Economic & Political Weekly. 2020;55(12). https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/12/notes/womens-education-and-fertility-hindi-heartland.html

23. Keshri VR, Tigga NS. Where there is no research: A bibliometric analysis of health research output from the resource-constrained Bihar state of India. Journal of Global Health Reports. 2020; doi:10.29392/001c.16633

24. Keshri VR, Gupta SS. Ayushman Bharat and road to Universal Health Coverage in India. J Mahatma Gandhi Inst Med Sci. 2019;24(2):65-67. https://doi.org/10.4103/jmgims.2019.24.65

25. Tigga NS, Keshri VR. Changing perspectives of public health in India: The growing role of health economics. Gates Open Research. 2020;4:14. https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13109.1

26. Kumar P, Pisudde P, Sarthi PP, Sharma MP, Keshri VR. Status and trend of acute encephalitis syndrome and Japanese encephalitis – A vector-borne disease in Bihar, India. National Medical Journal of India. 2017;30(6):317-320. http://www.nmji.in/temp/NatlMedJIndia306317-1563611_042036.pdf

27. Keshri VR. Public health education. Economic & Political Weekly. 2017;52(36). https://www.epw.in/journal/2017/36/letters/public-health-education.html

28. Pisudde PM, Sarthi PP, Sharma MP, Keshri VR. Acute encephalitis syndrome and Japanese encephalitis, status, and trends in Bihar state, India. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2016;45:306-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.06.011

29. Yadav N, Kar S, Madke B, Dashatwar D, Singh N, Prasad K, Keshri VR. Leprosy elimination: A myth busted. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice. 2014;5(Suppl S1):28-31. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.139961

30. Keshri VR, Raut AV, Mehendale AM, Garg BS. Assessment of knowledge and utilization of untied fund provided to VHNSC in selected villages of 5 sub-centres of PHC, Anji in Wardha District. J Mahatma Gandhi Inst Med Sci. 2011;16(1):30-32. http://medind.nic.in/jaw/t11/i1/jawt11i1p30.pdf

Under Peer Review

31. Patient Profile and Implementation Perspectives: Experience from Burn Registry Pilot Study in North India. Indian Journal of Medical Research

32. The top ten research priorities in global burns care: Findings from the James Lind Alliance Global Burns Research Priority Setting Partnership. Lancet Global Health

33. Stigma and Discrimination in Healthcare: Challenges faced by Burn Patients in India. Burns

34. International data collection for the Priorities in Global Burns Research James Lind Alliance research prioritisation partnership: Lessons learnt and recommendations for future international research prioritisation projects. BMJ Global Health

Collaborative Journal Articles

35. Ferreira ML, de Luca K, Haile LM, et al. Global, regional, and national burden of low back pain, 1990–2020, its attributable risk factors, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Rheumatology. 2023;5(6). https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanrhe/article/PIIS2665-9913(23)00098-X/fulltext

36. Micah AE, Bhangdia K, Cogswell IE, et al. Global investments in pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: development assistance and domestic spending on health between 1990 and 2026. The Lancet Global Health. 2023;11(3). https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(23)00007-4/fulltext

37. GBD 2021 Anaemia Collaborators. Prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends in anaemia burden by severity and cause, 1990-2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet. Haematology. 2023 Sep;10(9):e713-e734. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-3026(23)00160-6

Published Conference Abstract

38. Keshri VR. From intentions to impact: analysing the agenda-setting process for India’s national burns program. BMJ Injury Prevention. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2024-SAFETY.216

39. Keshri VR. Beyond numbers: a qualitative study on health workforce challenges in burn care in Uttar Pradesh, India. BMJ Injury Prevention. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2024-SAFETY.258

40. Singh P, Jagnoor J, Khurram F, Mishra B, Rathi R, Keshri VR. Investigating stigma and discrimination faced by burn patients in health facilities in India. BMJ Injury Prevention. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2024-SAFETY.62

41. Keshri VR, Singh P, Roy MP, Jain T, Jagnoor J. Learnings from a pilot burns registry program in India: Lessons and implications. BMJ Injury Prevention. 2022;28. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2022-Suppl_2-A61.3

42. Keshri VR, Raut AV, Mehendale AM, Garg BS. Knowledge and utilization regarding untied fund among village-level committees in selected villages of Wardha, Maharashtra. BMC Proceedings. 2012;6(Suppl 1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-6561-6-S1-P8

43. Keshri VR. Learning from example: motivating the government to reinforce regulation of private health sector in resource-constrained Bihar province of India. Gates Open Res. 2019;3:4. https://gatesopenresearch.org/posters/3-4

Technical Reports

1. Centre for Health Policy (CHP) and Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). Health facilities profile and performance, and patient perspectives: the Access, Capacity, Cost of care and Outputs Study of the public health care delivery systems in four districts of Bihar. Patna: CHP and PHFI, 2021. https://www.adriindia.org/images/report/1677663113ACCOStudyReport050921.pdf

2. Keshri VR, Ghosh S. Health Insurance for Universal Health Coverage in India: A Critical Examination (2019). Working paper 2/2019. The Centre for Health Policy, Patna, Bihar, India. Available from: https://www.adriindia.org/centre/working_paper/chp

3. Keshri VR. Government stewardship for healthcare: A scoping review of regulatory framework for healthcare providers (2018). Working paper 3/2018. The Centre for Health Policy, Patna, Bihar, India. Available from: https://www.adriindia.org/images/paper/1521174071chp.pdf

4. Keshri VR. Learning from example: motivating the government to reinforce regulation of private health sector in resource-constrained Bihar province of India [version 1; not peer reviewed]. Gates Open Res 2019, 3:4. Available from: https://gatesopenresearch.org/posters/3-4

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Op-ed & Blogs

1. As Second COVID Wave Breaks the Bihar Paradox, What Should the State Do? The Wire Science on 28/04/2021. Available here: https://science.thewire.in/health/as-second-covid-wave-breaks-the-bihar-paradox-what-should-the-state-do/

2. COVID-19: Why Does Bihar’s Public Healthcare System Struggle So? The Wire Science on 27/07/2020 https://science.thewire.in/health/covid-19-why-does-bihars-public-healthcare-system-struggle-so/

3. Are Political Parties Serious About Healthcare Promises? The Wire on 23/04/2019. Available here: https://science.thewire.in/politics/political-parties-healthcare-promises/

4. Lessons from Muzaffarpur - The AES outbreak in North Bihar. Down to Earth on 21/06/2019. Available from: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/health/lessons-from-muzaffarpur-65210

5. Rural healthcare, stigma and lack of risk communication have compounded the impact of COVID second wave in rural India. Gaon Connection English, 17/05/2021. Available: https://en.gaonconnection.com/india-villages-coronavirus-covid19-rural-population-vaccine-awareness-lockdown-deaths-cases/

6. COVID, Reverse migration and opportunities to reinvent Gram Swaraj (jointly with Subodh Gupta). Working Papers id:13077, eSocialSciences. Available: https://ideas.repec.org/p/ess/wpaper/id13077.html

7. Can a mysterious disease in Bihar open a window of opportunity for health care reform? 29 July 2019. https://www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/blogs/can-a-mysterious-disease-in-bihar-open-a-window-of-opportunity-for-health-care-reform/

8. 'We underestimated the virus’ Interview in the Rediff.com, 18 May, 2021. https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/dr-vikash-r-keshri-we-underestimated-the-virus/20210514.htm

9. Rural spread poses significant danger. Interview in the Rediff.com, 18 May, 2021. https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/covid19-rural-spread-poses-significant-danger/20210518.htm

10. My Tryst with Medical Inadvertence. Medium, October 24, 2020 https://vrkeshri.medium.com/my-tryst-with-medical-inadvertence-a044652052f6

11. Adding Blocks to Building Health Systems: Generating evidence for health policy making in Bihar, India. February 13, 2018. https://vikashfordevelopment.health.blog/2018/02/13/adding-blocks-to-building-health-systems-generating-evidences-for-health-policy-making-in-bihar-india/

12. Ensuring “G” in UHC: redressing gender for effective Universal Health Coverage. Health Systems Global, 18 March, 2018 https://healthsystemsglobal.org/news/ensuring-g-in-uhc-redressing-gender-for-effective-universal-health-coverage/

13. The Great Transformation: from public health professional to health policy and systems researcher in just two weeks. IHP, 12 April 2015 https://www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/blogs/the-great-transformation-from-public-health-professional-to-health-policy-and-systems-researcher-in-just-two-weeks/

14. Doctor: Guess who is watching? – Innovative internet platforms and their impact on accountability. IHP, 5 August 2016 https://www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/blogs/doctor-guess-who-is-watching-innovative-internet-platforms-and-their-impact-on-accountability/

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Interviews

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