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Subhash Pokhrel MSc PhD
Lecturer (2008- )
E-Mail: subhash.pokhrel@brunel.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1895 268745
Fax: +44 (0)1895 269708
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Subhash Pokhrel has a PhD in health economics (summa cum laude) from Heidelberg University, Germany and an MSc in health economics (distinction) from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He has more than ten years experience in public health and health economics research. He worked for Tribhuvan University (Nepal) and Heidelberg University (Germany) before moving to Brunel University in August 2005. His research interests/experience include:- Economics of public health; child health and wellbeing; household decision making on health care; economic evaluation, cost analysis and outcome measurement. Subhash is also associated with the delivery of Graduate School’s Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) programme. He coordinates the Health Economics teaching block and supervises doctoral students.
Current research projects
Evaluation and service implementation of molecular diagnostics and minimal residual disease monitoring, NIHR (Guy’s Hospital, Brunel and a number of other institutions)
Economic modelling of tobacco control, Smokefree North West, Fresh- Smoke Free North East and Smoke Free South West (Brunel, Nottingham and LHO)
Economic analysis of breastfeeding in the UK, UNICEF UK (York, Brunel and Oxford)
Healthy Start - understanding the use of vouchers, Department of Health (York, Brunel, Food Matters Partnership)
Impact of smoking on health-related quality of life (unfunded)
Evaluation of Pilot Family Drug and Alcohol Court, Nuffield Foundation and Home Office (Brunel)
Recent publications
Vogl M, Wenig CM, Leidl R, Pokhrel S (2012) Smoking and health-related quality of life in English general population: implications for economic evaluations. BMC Public Health 12.
Olafsdottir AE, Reidpath DD, Pokhrel S, Allotey P. Health systems performance in sub-Saharan Africa: governance, outcome and equity. BMC Public Health. 2011 Apr 16;11:237.
Anokye NK, Pokhrel S, Buxton M, Fox-Rushby J. The demand for sports and exercise: results from an illustrative survey. European Journal of Health Economics. 2011 Feb 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Pokhrel S, Reidpath D, Allotey P. 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. Health Research Policy and Systems 2011, 9:2
Reidpath D, Pokhrel S, Allotey P. Social sciences research in neglected tropical diseases 2: A bibliographic analysis. Health Research Policy and Systems 2011, 9:1
Allotey P, Reidpath DD, Pokhrel S. Social sciences research in neglected tropical diseases 1: the ongoing neglect in the neglected tropical diseases. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2010; 8: 32
Pokhrel S, De Allegri M, Gbangou A, Sauerborn R. Illness reporting and demand for medical care in rural Burkina Faso. Social Science and Medicine. 2010 Jun;70(11):1693-700.
Hidayat B, Pokhrel S. The selection of an appropriate count data model for modelling health insurance and health care demand: case of Indonesia. Int J
Environ Res Public Health. 2010 Jan;7(1):9-27.
Sullivan, MP, Pokhrel, S, Lim, KH. Critical practice in health and social care: understanding and developing learning and teaching opportunities in diverse learning environments. Diversity in Health and Care. 2010; 7; 4: 271-282
Gnawali DP, Pokhrel S, Sié A, Sanon M, De Allegri M, Souares A, Dong H, Sauerborn R. The effect of community-based health insurance on the utilization of
modern health care services: evidence from Burkina Faso. Health Policy. 2009 May;90(2-3):214-22. Epub 2008 Nov 25.
Forrester, D., Copello, A., Waissbein, C. and Pokhrel, S. (2008), Evaluation of an intensive family preservation service for families affected by parental substance misuse. Child Abuse Review, 17: 410–426.
De Allegri M, Pokhrel S, Becher H, Dong H, Mansmann U, Kouyaté B, Kynast-Wolf G, Gbangou A, Sanon M, Bridges J, Sauerborn R. Step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trials: an application to the study of the impact of community health insurance. Health Res Policy Syst. 2008 Oct 22;6:10.
De Allegri, M.; Pokhrel, S.; Becher, H.; et al. (2008). Step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trials: An application to the study of the impact of community health insurance. Health Research Policy and Systems; 6(1):10.
Doctoral students (current)
Anna Olafsdottir, DrPH candidate - The role of governance on health system’s performance: the case of Sub-Saharan Africa, Iceland and Malaysia
Blessing Chirewa, DrPH candidate - Three essays in health inequality in England
