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Radhika Jain Assistant Professor in Health Economics, UCL Global Business School for Health
Radhika Jain is a health economist working on health policy in lower-income countries, particularly India. Her research focuses on private sector's role in the health system, frictions in health care markets, socioeconomic and gender inequality, and health policy design. She has a doctorate degree in global health and a master of public policy from Harvard University and a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University.
Gender-targeted strategies are needed to improve health care for women under India’s universal medical insurance program.
A study from India shows low- and middle-income countries must improve economic evaluations of health interventions to reduce chronic disease burden.