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Dr Darius Erlangga

PhD MPH MD

Research Fellow
of Health Economics

Room
TP-322

LSHTM
15-17 Tavistock Place
London
WC1H 9SH
United Kingdom

I am a research fellow in health economics in the Deartment of Global Health and Development. I received medical training in Indonesia. After working as a general physician for two years in rural Indonesian, I developed an interest in health economics. I received my master's degree from Tulane University (2014) and received a Gaylord Cummins Outstanding MPH Student Award. I completed my PhD at University of York, evaluating the impact of social health insurance in Indonesia on access to care, financial protection, and health outcome.

My general research interests cover:

  • health financing in low- and middle-income countries
  • impact evaluation studies using non-randomised study design
  • scoping and systematic review in health care setting
  • quantitying the prevalence of illicit practices in health care facilities

Affiliations

Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Global Health Economics Centre

Teaching

I am a seminar leader of Introduction to Health Economics module. I am a tutor for students on the MSc Health Policy, Planning, and Financing (HPPF), run jointly by LSHTM and LSE. 

After participating in York Learning and Teaching Awards (YLTA) 2016/17, I am registered as a Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (UK).

Research

I am currently working in the Lancet Commission of Global Health on financing primary health care (PHC). Specific area of research includes:

  • Determinants of PHC spending
  • Financing approach of integrated care 
  • Survey of PHC organisation and provider payment
  • The implementation of capitation payment
  • Health financing arrangement to support digital technology in health
  • Multiple funding stream

I am also working on another project called Accountability in Action, where I am responsible in conducting a global analysis of the effect of corruption on population health outcomes. I am also assisting in designing and analysing a household survey in Nigeria (Kano and Enugu) and Malawi to estimate the prevalence of illicit practices in health care facilities

Research Area
Complex interventions
Health care financing
Health care policy
Health impact analysis
Health inequalities
Health policy
Health systems
Primary care
Statistical methods
Systematic reviews
Evaluation
Global Health
Impact evaluation
Discipline
Health economics
Country
Brazil
Chile
China
Ethiopia
Ghana
Indonesia
India
Malawi
Nigeria
Philippines
Thailand
Region
East Asia & Pacific (developing only)
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

The Lancet Global Health Commission on financing primary health care: putting people at the centre.
Hanson K; Brikci N; Erlangga D; Alebachew A; De Allegri M; Balabanova D; Blecher M; Cashin C; Esperato A; Hipgrave D
2022
The Lancet Global health
The impact of public health insurance on healthcare utilisation in Indonesia: evidence from panel data.
Erlangga D; Ali S; Bloor K
2019
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
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