Research

Publications in Economics and Social Science Journals
Note: Most of the articles are open access and can be accessed by clicking on the DOI link. 

Acharya Y, Kim J. Targeting Using Differential Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment.  Economic Development and Cultural Change 2022, 17(2):763-790. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/713883 

Yang D, Acharya Y, Liu X. Social Health Insurance Consolidation and Urban-Rural Inequality in Utilization and Financial Risk Protection in China. Social Science & Medicine 2022, 308:1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115200 

Acharya Y, Yang D. The Effect of Disability on Educational, Labor Market, and Marital Outcomes in a Low-Income Context. Social Science and Medicine-Population Health 2022. 19:101155. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101155 

Acharya Y, Yang D. Parental Disability and Children’s Educational, Labor Market and Marital Outcomes: Evidence from Nepal. Disability & Health Journal 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101405 

James N, Acharya Y. Increasing Health Insurance Enrolment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What Works, What Does Not, and Research Gaps – A Scoping Review. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing 2022, 59:1-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00469580221090396

Naz S, Acharya Y. The Effect of Reframing the Goals of Family Planning Programs from Limiting Fertility to Birth Spacing: Evidence from Pakistan. Studies in Family Planning 2021, 52(2):125-142. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12155 

Acharya Y, Luke N, Naz S, Sharma D. Exposure to Conflict-related Violence and Nutritional Status of Children in Iraq. Social Science and Medicine-Population Health 2020, 11:100585. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100585

Hirth RA, Acharya Y, Levy HG, Langa KM. Does Home Equity Affect Decisions on Long-term Care Insurance Purchases? Evidence from the United States. Research on Aging 2019, 41(6): 602-628.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0164027519830078

Acharya Y. The Impact of Vitamin A Supplementation in Childhood on Adult Outcomes: An Exploration of Mechanisms, Timing of Exposure, and Heterogeneous Effects. Social Science & Medicine 2018 March; 201: 95-102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.02.003 

Acharya Y. Effects of a Community-Based Neonatal Care Package Program. Health Policy and Planning 2018 May, 33(4): 592-601. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czy021 

Galway LP, Acharya Y, Jones AD. Deforestation and Child Diet Diversity: A Geospatial Analysis of 15 Sub-Saharan African Countries. Health & Place 2018 May; 51: 78-88. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.03.002. (Winner of the Elsevier Atlas Award, October 2018)

Publications in Public Health Journals

Nepal P, Subedee A, Shakya H, Poudel S, Joshi S, Karki K, Bajracharya D, Prentiss T, Kaljee L, Acharya Y. Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial on Community Education and Surveillance on Antibiotics Use among Young Children in Nepal. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2023, 34; 101177. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101177

Acharya Y, Karmacharya V, Paudel U, Joshi S, Ghimire R, Adhikari S. Perceptions of Key Stakeholders on Taxes on Tobacco and Alcohol Products in Nepal. BMJ Global Health 2023, 8:e012040. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012040

Lwin KS, Koon AD, Rasanathan K, Ahsan A, Erku DA, Mialon M, Perez-Leon S, Singh A, Mirza Z, Zulera MA, Dao ST, Rasheed S, Paul J, Acharya Y, Marten R. Framing Health Taxes: Learning from Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries. BMJ Global Health 2023, 8:e012955. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012955

Callahan KL, Acharya Y, Hollenbeak CS. Validity of ICD Codes to Identify Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders among Older Adults with Heart Failure: A Single-Center Study. PLoS ONE 2023, 18(3):  e0283045. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283045

Callahan KL, Acharya Y, Hollenbeak CS. The Affordable care Act and Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Differences by Race and Ethnicity. Heart & Lung 2023, 59:16-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2023.01.009 

Eze P, Aniebo CL, Agu UJ, Agu SA, Acharya Y. Validity of Maternal Recall for Estimating Childhood Vaccination Coverage – Evidence from Nigeria. Vaccine 2022, 40:28-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.060 

Eze P, Lawani LO, Agu UJ, Acharya Y. Catastrophic Health Expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Population-Based Studies, 2000-2021. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2022, 100(5):337-351. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.21.287673 

Joshi S, Acharya Y. Women’s Extreme Seclusion during Menstruation and Children’s Health in Nepal. PLoS Global Public Health 2022, 2(7):e000355. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000355

Eze P, Lawani LO, Agu UJ, Amara LU, Okorie CA, Acharya Y. Factors Associated with Catastrophic Health Expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE 2022, 17(10):e0276266. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276266

Ssentongo P, Oh J, Amponsah F, Wong W, Candela X, Acharya Y, Ssentongo A, Sani AB, Dodge D. Breast Cancer Survival in Eastern Region of Ghana. Frontiers in Public Health 2022, 10:880789. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.880789

James N, Acharya Y. Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness Strategy in Zimbabwe: An Evaluation. PLoS Global Public Health 2021, 1(11): e0000046. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000046

Eze P, Agu SA, Agu UJ, Acharya Y. Acceptability of Mobile-Phone Reminders for Routine Childhood Vaccination Appointments in Nigeria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BMC Health Services Research 2021, 21(1276): 1-15. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-07296-1

Eze P, Lawani LO, Acharya Y. Short Message Service (SMS) Reminders for Childhood Immunization in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BMJ Global Health 2021, 6:e005035. DOI:10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005035

Eze P, Agu UJ, Aniebo CL, Agu SA, Lawani LO, Acharya Y. Factors Associated with Incomplete Immunization in Children Aged 12-23 Months at Subnational Level, Nigeria: a Cross-Sectional Study. BMJ Open 2021, 11:e047445. DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047445

Acharya Y, James N, Thapa R, Naz S, Shrestha R, Tamang S. Content of Antenatal Care and Perceptions about Services Provided by Primary Hospitals in Nepal: A Convergent Mixed Methods Study. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2021, 33(2): 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzab049

Acharya Y, Nepal P, Yang D, Karki K, Bajracharya D, Prentis T, Davis S, Kaljee L. Economic and Social Drivers of Antibiotic Dispensing Practices among Community Pharmacies in Nepal. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2021, 26(5): 557-571. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13555

James N, Lawson K, Acharya Y. Evidence on Result-Based Financing in Maternal and Child Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. Global Health Research and Policy 2020, 5(31). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-020-00158-z

Acharya Y, Hillemeier MM, Sznajder K, Kjerulff K. Out-of-pocket Medical Bills from First Childbirth and Subsequent Childbearing. Women’s Health Issues 2021, 31(1): 17-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2020.07.007

Acharya Y, Yang D, Jones A. Livestock Ownership and Anemia in Sub-Saharan African Households. Public Health Nutrition 2021, 24(12): 3698-3709. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980020002827

Nepal P, Schwarz R, Citrin D, Thapa A, Acharya B, Acharya Y, Aryal A, Aryal A, Baum A, Bhandari V, Bhatt L, Bhattarai D, Choudhury N, Dangal B, Dhimal M, Dhungana SK, Gauchan B, Halliday S, Kalaunee SP, Kunwar LB, Maru D, Nirola I, Paudel R, Raut A, Rayamazi HJ, Sapkota S, Schwarz D, Thapa P, Thapa P, Tiwari A, Tuitui R, Walter E, Maru S. Costing Analysis of a Pilot Community Health Worker Program in Rural Nepal. Global Health: Science & Practice 2020, 8(2): 239-255. DOI: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00393

Acharya Y, Naz S, Galway LP, Jones AD. Deforestation and Household- and Individual-Level Double Burden of Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 2020, 4:33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00033

Peiffer S, Pelton M, Keeney L, Kwon EG, Ofosu-Okormah R, Acharya Y, Chinchilli, VM, Soybel DI, Oh JS, Ssentongo P. Risk Factors of Perioperative Mortality from Complicated Peptic Ulcer Disease in Africa: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. BMJ Open Gastroenterology 2020: e000350. DOI:10.1136/bmjgast-2019-000350

Adhikari SR, Sapkota VP, Thapa AK, Acharya Y. Understanding Challenges to Localized Malaria Elimination in Nepal: A Qualitative Study with an Embedded Capacity-Building Exercise. Malaria Journal 2019, 18: 437. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3081-7

Ghattas H, Acharya Y, Jamaluddine Z, Assi M, El Asmar K, Jones AD. Child-level Double Burden of Malnutrition in MENA and LAC Regions—Prevalence and Social Determinants. Maternal & Child Nutrition 2020, 16: e12923. DOI: https:// doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12923

Acharya Y, Luke N, Haro MF, Rose W, Russell PSS, Oommen AM, Minz S. Nutritional Status, Cognitive Achievement, and Educational Attainment of Children aged 8-11 in Rural South India. PLoS ONE 2019, 14(10): e0223001. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223001

Acharya Y, Ghimire DJ, Bhandari P, Ghimire R, Jones AD. Household Migration and Children’s Diet in Nepal: An Exploratory Study. BMC Research Notes 2019, 12(390): 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4430-x

Acharya Y, Schilling AL, Hollenbeak CS. Readmissions Attributable to Skilled Nursing Facility Use after a Colectomy: Evidence Using Propensity Scores Matching. PLoS ONE 2019, 14(4): e0215245. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215245

Chen LM, Acharya Y, Norton EC, Banerjee M, Birkmeyer JD. Readmission Rates and Skilled Nursing Facility Utilization after Major Inpatient Surgery. Medical Care 2018 August; 56(8):679-685. DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000941

Kullgren JT, Krupka E, Schachter A, Linden A, Miller J, Acharya Y, Alford J, Duffy R, Adler-Milstein J. Precommitting to Choose Wisely about Low-Value Services:  A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial. BMJ Quality & Safety 2018, 0: 1-10. DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006699

Acharya Y, Norton EC, Lumeng JC. The Effect of Financial Compensation on Willingness to Supply a Child’s Blood Sample: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2017, 40 (3): 359-371. DOI: 10.1177/0163278717709563

Jones AD, Acharya Y, Galway LP. Urbanicity Gradients Are Associated with the Household- and Individual-Level Double Burden of Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Nutrition 2016 June; 146: 1257-67. DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.226654

Acharya Y. Women’s Education and Inter-Household Autonomy: Evidence from Nepal. Journal of Development and Social Transformation 2008; 5: 4-12. 

Other Publications

Estrada G, Acharya Y, Batten A, Brimble P, Doung P, Gulamov MI, Hossain MZ, Mellor D, Park D, Rahman S. The service sector in lower-income Asian economies, ADB Economics Working Paper Series, 2013; 347: 1–25.

Acharya Y, Dhakal S. Political Economy of Rural Finance Reform in Nepal: ADB’s Experience. South Asia Working Paper Series 2012, 11: 1-54. 

Major Current Projects

Testing Approaches to Promote Breast Cancer Screening in Rural Ghana
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: National Cancer Institute, NIH
Status: Implementation underway.
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Community Education and Surveillance on Antibiotics Use Among Young Children in Nepal: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: Merck
Status: Data analysis underway. AEA Trial Registry
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