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Aswin Sugunan View All

Assistant Professor

School of Management

Has worked in state level project funded by ICMR as research assistant to develop infection control guidelines for the public and private hospitals across the district of Karnataka.
Has worked with multi-specialty tertiary care hospital in developing framework for optimizing operation theaters utilization by scheduling surgeries through predictive analysis

    • Graduation In :

      BSc. Nursing

    • Graduation From :

      Manipal Academy of Higher Education

    • Graduation Year :

      2012-2016

    • Post Graduation In :

      Masters of Hospital Administration

    • Post Graduation From :

      Manipal Academy of Higher Education

    • Post Graduation Year :

      2017-2019

    • Doctorate In :

      Health Insurance

    • Doctorate From :

      Manipal Academy of Higher Education

    • Doctorate Year :

      2021-2024

    • Research Assistant at Indian Council of Medical Research

  • Publications in Journals

    • Assariparambil, A. R., Nayak, S. G., Sugunan, A., Mukhopadhyay, C., Shankar, R., Devi, E. S., & George, A. (2021). Structure, staffing, and factors affecting infection control nurses: Hospital based exploratory survey- A study protocol. Journal of advanced nursing, 77(2), 1062–1069. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14658.
    • Sugunan, A., Rajasekharan Pillai, K., & George, A. (2023). Effectiveness of interventions to contain out-of-pocket-expenditure in lower-middle income countries: A systematic review and synthesis. The International journal of health planning and management, 38(4), 918–935. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3642
    • Sugunan, A., Pillai, K. R., D’souza, B., & George, A. (2024). Do patients need additional coverage for chronic ailments? Insights from hospital data. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 13(1), 174.
    • Sugunan, A., Pillai. K.R., & George, A. (IN PRESS). What is the coverage of your health insurance plan? An audit of hospital billing. AIMS Public Health.
    • Sugunan, A., Assariparambil, A. R., Nayak, S. G., & George, A. (IN PRESS). Infection control nurse: a scoping review. Journal of Education and Health Promotion.

    Publications in Conferences

    • Sugunan, A., Pillai. K.R., & George, A. (25 November 2022). Estimation of out-of-pocket expenditure among voluntary health insurance policyholders: a longitudinal cohort analysis. Interdisciplinary conference on healthcare and technical research, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
    • Sugunan, A., Pillai. K.R., & George, A. (28th November 2023). Are you underinsured? An audit of hospital billing. Eighth NITTE international conference on the post pandemic resurgence: the challenges and concerns. Nitte, Karnataka, India