Dr. Pijush Kanti Khan, Assistant Professor at IIHMR Delhi

Dr. Pijush Kanti Khan

Assistant Professor

Dr. Pijush Kanti Khan is an Assistant Professor at the International Institute of Health Management Research, Delhi. He is a trained demographer and health economist with a keen interest in empirical research. Previously, Dr. Pijush worked as a Senior Research Officer at the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) in Mumbai. His primary areas of interest include Applied Demography, Economic Aspects of Healthcare, Maternal and Child Health, Quantitative Data Analysis, Model Specification, and Multilevel Modelling.

Dr. Pijush has authored several publications in esteemed international journals such as The Milbank Quarterly, Social Science & Medicine, Tropical Medicine & International Health, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, BMC Series, and Royal Society for Public Health. These publications reflect his dedication to conducting rigorous research that addresses crucial healthcare challenges. He has extensive experience in working with Indian sample survey datasets- National Family Health Survey (NFHS), National Sample Survey (NSS), and District Level Household Survey (DLHS).

Dr. Pijush obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai. His doctoral research focused on 'Health Insurance, Healtcare Utilization, and Health Spending in India'. His commitment to empirical research, data-driven analysis, and the exploration of key healthcare issues positions him as a valuable asset in the pursuit of evidence-based solutions to enhance population health and well-being.

Research Projects

Name of Project

Role of the Project 

Year

Agency

National Family Health Survey of India- 6th Round Demographer 2023-2024 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India (2 Crore)
Global Immunization Learning Partner And Support To Learning  Hubs Research Associate 2022-25 GAVI:The Vaccine Alliance (3.0 Crore)

Other Projects:

Name of Project

Role of the Project 

Year

Agency

Health expenditure on breast cancer treatment in women: a study from public sector tertiary cancer centre (Expert Project) Senior Research Officer 2021-2022 International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai & Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai 
National Family Health Survey of India – 4th Round Project Officer (Field) 2015-16 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. 

Research Publications

1. Wadasadawala, T., Mohanty, S. K., Sen, S., Khan, P. K., Pimple, S., Mane, J. V., ... & Parmar, V. (2023). Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Using EQ-5D-5L: Value Set Derived for Indian Breast Cancer Cohort. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 24(4), 1199-1207. http://journal.waocp.org/?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:37116141&key=2023.24.4.1199

2. Mohanty, S. K., Wadasadawala, T., Sen, S., & Khan, P. K. (2023). Socio-economic variations of breast cancer treatment and discontinuation: a study from a public tertiary cancer hospital in Mumbai, India. BMC Women's Health, 23(1), 113. https://rdcu.be/dbB7M

3. Sen, S., Khan, P. K., Wadasadawala, T., & Mohanty, S. K. (2022). Socio-economic and regional variation in breast and cervical cancer screening among Indian women of reproductive age: a study from National Family Health Survey, 2019-21. BMC Cancer, 22(1), 1-13.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10387-9

4. Jana, A., Banerjee, K., & Khan, P. K. (2022). Early arrivals: association of maternal obstetric factors with preterm births and their survival in India. Public Health, 211, 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2022.07.005

5. Khan, P. K., Perkins, J. M., Kim, R., Mohanty, S. K., Subramanian, S. V. (2021) Multilevel population and socio-economic variation in health insurance coverage in India. Tropical Medicine & International Health https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13645

6. Sen S., Chatterjee S., Khan P.K. & Mohanty S.K. (2020) Unintended Effects of Janani Suraksha Yojana on Maternal Care in India, SSM - Population Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100619

7. Mohanty, S. K., Panda, B. K., Khan, P. K., & Behera, P. (2019). Out-of-pocket expenditure and correlates of caesarean births in public and private health centres in India. Social Science & Medicine, 224, 45-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.01.048

8. Mishra, S., Perkins, J. M., Khan, P. K., Kim, R., Mohanty, S. K., & Subramanian, S. V. (2019). Variation in Chronic Diseases across Households, Communities, Districts, and States in India. American journal of preventive medicine, 57(5), 721731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.06.014

9. Mohanty, S. K., Kim, R., Khan, P. K., & Subramanian, S. V. (2018). Geographic Variation in Household and Catastrophic Health Spending in India: Assessing the Relative Importance of Villages, Districts, and States, 2011-2012. The Milbank Quarterly, 96(1), 167–206, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12315

Other Assignments

Joined the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Editorial Board as an Academic Editor for their open science journal PloS One. As an Academic Editor, Dr. Pijush contributes his expertise and scholarly insights to the peer review process, ensuring the publication of rigorous and impactful studies.

Papers/Chapters in Books

  1. Khan P.K., Sen S., Mohanty S.K. (2022) Pattern of Health Insurance Coverage and Reimbursement among Elderly and Non-Elderly in India. In: Rajan S.I. (eds) Handbook of Aging, Health and Public Policy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1914-4_27-1
  2. Khan P.K., Banerjee K., Nandi S. (2019) Primary Healthcare Infrastructure and Reproductive Healthcare in Rural India: A District Level Analysis. In: Mohanty S., Mishra U., Chauhan R. (eds) The Demographic and Development Divide in India. Springer, Singapore, pp 417-466, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5820-3_8

Papers Presented

  1. Research Paper entitled "Extent and Pattern of Reimbursement on inpatient care in India, 2017-18" presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP), Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India (Dec 2022).
  2. Research Paper Entitled "Looking Backwards to Look Forward: A Nationally Representative, Multilevel Study of Variation in Health Insurance Coverage Across India" presented at the PAA-Applied Demography Conference 2021, Population Association of America, USA (2021)
  3. Research Paper entitled "Association of Caesarean delivery and Neonatal Mortality in India: How essential is the mode of delivery in survival of neonates?" presented at the 16th Annual Conference of Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (Dec 2018).
  4. Research Paper entitled "Out of Pocket Expenditure of Caesarean Birth in Public and Private Health Centres in Urban India: A Rising Concern" presented at the 15th International Conference on Urban Health: Managing Urbanization for Health: A priority for all nations, Kampla, Uganda (Nov 2018).
  5. Research Paper entitled "Effect of Health Insurance on Health Spending in India" presented at the 4th Annual Conference of Asian Population Association, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China (July 2018).
  6. Research Paper entitled "Population-level Variation in Chronic Diseases across India in 2012-2013" presented at the 4th Annual Conference of Asian Population Association, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China (July 2018).
  7. Presented a paper on "Effect of Health Insurance on Duration of Hospitalization in India" at the 38th Annual Conference of Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP) Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, India. (December 2017).
  8. Research paper presented on "Health Infrastructure, Health Outcomes, and Coverage: Evidence from Empowered Action Group States in India" at the 12th Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH), Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India (Dec 2014).

Trainings & Workshops

As a participant-

  1. Attended workshop on "Health Programmes and Impact Evaluation Methods" organized jointly by International Institute For Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India & Indian Health Economics and Policy Association (March 2023).
  2. Attended workshop on "Advanced Survey Research: Theory & Practice" organized by the Department of Survey Research and Analytics (IIPS), Mumbai, India (March, 2022-April, 2022)
  3. Attended workshop on "Introduction to R- Demographic and Spatial Analysis" organized jointly by International Institute For Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India & Max Plank Institute For Demographic Research (April 2021).
  4. Attended workshop on "Applied Econometric Methods Workshop" organized by Geo-Spatial Mapping Project & International Institute For Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India (Oct, 2020-Dec, 2020).
  5. Attended workshop on "Multilevel Modelling in Health Research using STATA" organized by ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics (ICMR-NIMS), New Delhi, India (July 2019).
  6. Attended workshop on "Creating and Managing Unit Level Geo-Spatial Data Using Base Maps from Census of India" organized by International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India (March 2019).
  7. Attended workshop on 'Advanced Methods in Large Scale Data Analysis" Jointly organized by Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH) and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (Dec 2018).
  8. Short Course on "Bayesian Small Area Estimation using Complex Survey Data: Methods and Applications" organized by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) at the 4th Conference of the Asian Population Association in Shanghai, China (July 2018)
  9. Attended the 2nd Summer School on Health Economics, 2nd, Jointly organized by Indian Health Economics and Policy Association (IHEPA) & Ajim- Premji University, Bangalore, India (June 2017).
  10. Attended the workshop on Research Methodology, jointly organized by Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH) & Lucknow University, India (Dec 2014)

 

Membership of Scientific & Academic Organizations

  1. Asian Population Association (Student Member)
  2. Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (Life Member)

Awards Obtained

  1. Received best youth researcher award at the 16th annual conference of the indian association for social sciences and health (iassh) held at jawaharlal nehru university, new delhi, india (dec 2018)
  2. University grants commission (ugc) -junior research fellowship (jrf) with lectureship in population studies. 2014 -2015.