Bahuguna, Pankaj http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-6077
Guinness, Lorna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-4200
Sharma, Sameer http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5738-6811
Chauhan, Akashdeep Singh http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6791-2221
Downey, Laura http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9563-7113
Prinja, Shankar http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7719-6986
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134345)
Article History
First Online: 14 March 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The cost data collection was funded by the Intramural Research Grant of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India ExternalRef removed), as well as a grant received from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), New Delhi. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. LD and LG contributed to this work under the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) (ExternalRef removed), which supports countries to get the best value for money from health spending. iDSI receives funding support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the UK Department for International Development and the Rockefeller Foundation. This work was supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP124589].
: The authors, Pankaj Bahuguna, Lorna Guinness, Sameer Sharma, Akashdeep Singh Chauhan, Laura Downey and Shankar Prinja, have no conflicts of interest.