Sujata
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Sujata is trained in economics and has a PhD in health economics. Her research work focuses on inequalities in health outcomes and healthcare financing and socioeconomic determinants of these inequalities in the context of low and middle-income countries (LMICs). In her doctoral thesis, she examined heterogeneity in inequalities in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and their associated healthcare costs, exploring how these outcomes are shaped by both individual and regional-level factors.
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Education
2018-2024: PhD in Health Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India.
2016-2018: MA in Economics from Banaras Hindu University, India.
2013-2016: BA in Economics (Hons) from the University of Delhi, India
Contributions
Publications
Sujata, S., Thakur, R., & Siegel, M. (2026). Developing a Punjab Index of Multiple Deprivation to investigate regional health inequalities in North-Western India. BMC Public Health.
Sujata, S., Gayathri, B., & Thakur, R. (2024). A Vulnerability Index for Mitigation and Prevention of Diabetes Growth in India: A Disaggregated Analysis. Value in Health Regional Issues, 40, 89-99.
Gayathri, B., Sujata, S., & Thakur, R. (2023). Cardiovascular diseases and ageing in India: A propensity score matching analysis of the effects of various risk factors. Current Problems in Cardiology, 48(5), 101606.
Sujata, S., Ram, B., & Thakur, R. (2022). Analysing the Burden of Morbidity, Associated Expenditure, and Coping Strategies among India's Elderly Population: Evidence from National Sample Survey 75th Round. Indian Journal of Public Health, 66(2), 152-158.
Sujata, S., Thakur, R. (2021). Unequal burden of equal risk factors of diabetes between different gender in India: a cross-sectional analysis. Scientific Reports 11: 22653.