Tilson H., A. Apirmattana, S. Bozette, D. Celentano, M. Falco, T. Hammett, A. Kozlov, S. Lai, A. Mahal, R. Schottenfeld, S. Solomon. Preventing HIV transmission among injecting drug users in high-risk countries: An assessment of the evidence. Washington, D.C.: Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press 2007

Bhalla, K., M. Ezzati, A. Mahal, J. Salomon and M. Reich. "A risk-based method for modeling traffic fatalities" Risk Analysis: an International Journal, 27(1): 125-36, 2007.

Mahal, A., A. Varshney, S. Taman. "The diffusion of diagnostic medical devices and policy implications for India." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 22(2) 184-90, 2006.

Mahal, A., M. Mohanan. "Medical education in India: Implications for quality and access to care" Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, 20(4): pp. 173-84, 2006.

Mahal, A., N. Shah. "Implications of the growth of dental education in India" Journal of Dental Education, 70(8): pp. 884-91, 2006.

Mahal, A. "Health spending and poverty" Lancet, 368: pp. 1303-4, 2006.

Mahal, A. "The policy implications of the distribution of public subsidies on health and education: The case of Karnataka, India" Comparative Education Review, 49(4): pp. 552-74, 2005.

Bloom, D., A. Mahal and D. O'Flaherty. "Economic perspectives on injecting drug use" Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, Volume 16, pp. 371-95, 2005

Mahal, A. "Will private health insurance make the distribution of public health subsidies more equal? The case of India" Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory, 28(2): 131-160, 2003.

Mahal, A. et al. Who Benefits from Public Sector Health Spending in India? New Delhi: National Council for Applied Economic Research, 2002.

Popkin, B., S.Horton, S. Kim, A.Mahal, and J. Shuigao. Diet-related non-communicable diseases in China and India: The economic costs of the nutrition transition." Nutrition Reviews, 59(December): 379-90, 2001.

Mahal, A. "What works in alcohol policy? Evidence from rural India." Economic and Political Weekly, November 12: pp.3959-68, 2000.

Mahal, A., V. Srivastava, and D. Sanan. "Decentralization and its impact on public service provision in the health and education sectors: the case of India." J. Dethier (ed.) Governance, Decentralization and Reform in China, India and Russia, (pp. 235-69) Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, 2000.

Bloom D. and A. Mahal. "Does the AIDS epidemic threaten economic growth?" Journal of Econometrics, 77:105-24, 1997.

M.A., M. Phil, Ph.D 

Dr. Mahal's research uses economic analyses to influence public health policy in developing countries. He is especially interested in policy issues related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, resource allocation in the health sector, ageing, human resources and decentralization and empowerment.

His current and ongoing work encompasses a wide range of topics, including: (a) the growth of the medical education sector in India, and migration among India's medical graduates; (b) Diffusion of modern medical technology in India and other developing countries; (c) the distribution of public sector health subsidies in India; (d) health and support systems for the Indian elderly; (e) economic analysis of injecting drug use behavior; and (e) the impact of HIV/AIDS in Botswana and Nigeria.