ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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Costing Analysis of a Pilot Community Health Worker Program in Rural Nepal
Prajwol Nepal, Ryan Schwarz, David Citrin, Aradhana Thapa, Bibhav Acharya, Yubraj Acharya, Anu Aryal, Aaron Baum, Ved Bhandari, Laxman Bhatt, Dipak Bhattarai, Nandini Choudhury, Binod Dangal, Meghnath Dhimal, Santosh Kumar Dhungana, Bikash Gauchan, Scott Halliday, SP Kalaunee, Lal Bahadur Kunwar, Duncan Maru, Isha Nirola, Rashmi Paudel, Anant Raut, Hari Jung Rayamazi, Sabitri Sapkota, Dan Schwarz, Poshan Thapa, Pratistha Thapa, Aparna Tiwari, Roshani Tuitui, Eric Walter and Sheela Maru
Global Health: Science and Practice June 2020, 8(2):239-255; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00393
Prajwol Nepal
aPossible, New York, NY, USA.
Ryan Schwarz
aPossible, New York, NY, USA.
bBrigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Global Health Equity, Boston, MA, USA.
cHarvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
dMassachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
David Citrin
aPossible, New York, NY, USA.
eUniversity of Washington, Department of Global Health, Seattle, WA, USA.
fUniversity of Washington, Department of Anthropology, Seattle, WA, USA.
gUniversity of Washington, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Seattle, WA, USA.
hIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Arnhold Institute for Global Health, New York, NY, USA.
Aradhana Thapa
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Bibhav Acharya
aPossible, New York, NY, USA.
jUniversity of California, San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Yubraj Acharya
kPennsylvania State University, College of Health and Human Development, Department of Health Policy and Administration, University Park, PA, USA.
Anu Aryal
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Aaron Baum
hIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Arnhold Institute for Global Health, New York, NY, USA.
Ved Bhandari
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Laxman Bhatt
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Dipak Bhattarai
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Nandini Choudhury
aPossible, New York, NY, USA.
hIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Arnhold Institute for Global Health, New York, NY, USA.
Binod Dangal
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Meghnath Dhimal
lNepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Santosh Kumar Dhungana
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Bikash Gauchan
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
mUniversity of California, San Francisco, Health Equity Action Leadership Initiative, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Scott Halliday
aPossible, New York, NY, USA.
eUniversity of Washington, Department of Global Health, Seattle, WA, USA.
fUniversity of Washington, Department of Anthropology, Seattle, WA, USA.
gUniversity of Washington, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Seattle, WA, USA.
SP Kalaunee
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
nEastern University, College of Leadership and Development, St. Davids, PA, USA.
Lal Bahadur Kunwar
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Duncan Maru
aPossible, New York, NY, USA.
hIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Arnhold Institute for Global Health, New York, NY, USA.
oIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Health Systems Design and Global Health, New York, NY, USA.
pIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Internal Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
qIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY, USA.
Isha Nirola
aPossible, New York, NY, USA.
rHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Rashmi Paudel
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Anant Raut
aPossible, New York, NY, USA.
Hari Jung Rayamazi
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Sabitri Sapkota
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Dan Schwarz
aPossible, New York, NY, USA.
bBrigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Global Health Equity, Boston, MA, USA.
cHarvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
sBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
tAriadne Labs, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Poshan Thapa
uUniversity of New South Wales, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Pratistha Thapa
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Aparna Tiwari
iNyaya Health Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Roshani Tuitui
vNursing and Social Security Division, Dept of Health Services, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Eric Walter
wUniversity of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
xUniversity of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, Healthcare Management Department, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sheela Maru
aPossible, New York, NY, USA.
hIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Arnhold Institute for Global Health, New York, NY, USA.
oIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Health Systems Design and Global Health, New York, NY, USA.
yIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, New York, NY, USA.
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