Arjun Kumar Thapa, PhD

Assistant Professor

School of Development and Social Engineering, Pokhara University
Email: arjunthapa@pu.edu.np
Mobile: 9856059755

PhD in Economics

Health Economics, Development Economics

  1. Thapa, A.K & Pandey, A. (2020). National and Provincial Estimates of Catastrophic Health Expenditure and its Determinants in Nepal. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council. JNHRC Vol. 18 No. 4 Issue 49 Oct – Dec 2020 (Q3).
  2. Adhikari C… Thapa AK (2022). Need for HTA supported risk factor screening for hypertension and diabetes in Nepal: A systematic scoping review. Front. Cardiovasc. Med. 9:898225. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.898225 (Q1)
  3. Thapa, A.K. …Adhikari, S.R.(2019). Understanding challenges to malaria elimination in Nepal: a qualitative study with an embedded capacity-building exercise. Malar J 18, 437, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3081-7. (Q1)
  4. Thapa, A.K. … Adhikari, S.R (2018). Universal Access to Universal Medicines: An
  5. Evaluation of Nepal’s Free Health Care Scheme. J Nepal Health Res Counc 2018 Jan- Mar;16(38):36-42. (Q3)
  6. Thapa, A.K., Adhikari, S.R. ( 2019). Evaluation of Nepal’s Free Health Care Scheme from Health System Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council 2019, Jan 16(41): 372-377. (Q3)
  7. Thapa, A.K. et al., (2017). Access to Drugs and Out of Pocket Expenditure in Primary Health Facilities. Journal Nepal Health Res Council 2016 Sep-Dec;14 (34):139-42. (Q3)
  8. Adhikari, H., … Thapa, A.K. (2024). Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness and Management in Tertiary Level Hospitals of Kathmandu Valley. September 2024. African Journal of Biomedical Research 27(1S):570-575. DOI: 10.53555/AJBR.v27i1S.1526
  9. Thapa, A.K. & B.K. Thapa (2022). Analyzing Willingness to Pay for Improved Tap Water Quality: A Case of Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. Economic Journal of Development Issues Vol. 29 & 30 No. 1-2 (2020) Combined Issue
  10. Thapa, A.K. & Singla, S. (2019). Determinants of household healthcare payment in Nepal: Evidence from Living standard survey III data. Journal of advanced academic research (JAAR). ISSN: 2362-1303 | eISSN: 2362-1311.
  11. Thapa, A.K. (2017). An assessment of households out of pocket healthcare payment and Impoverishment in Nepal: Evidence from Nepal living standard survey III. Journal of development and social engineering. Vol. 3 | No. 1| December 2017. ISSN: 2382-5332.
  12. Thapa, A.K. & Adhikari, SR (2015). Characteristics of Morbidity and Choice of Health Care Facilities in Nepal. Journal of advanced academic research (JAAR). ISSN: 2362-1303 | eISSN: 2362-1311(Online).
  13. Thapa, A.K., at al., (2013). Determinants of Poverty in Rural Parts of Nepal: A Study of Western Development Region in Pinnacle Economics and Finance. Volume 2013 (2013).
  14. Thapa, A.K., & Bhattarai, P. (2013). Determinants of Women Empowerment: A Case of Working Women in DDC and Pokhara Sub Metropolis Offices, Kaski in Journal of Economics and Management ISSN: 2350-8779, Birganj: Birgunj Multiple Csmpus
  15. Thapa, A.K. (2013). Recreational Demand of Fewa Lake: An Application of Travel Cost Method in Economic Literature, Vol. XI, ISSN:2091-0789(P).
  16. Thapa, A.K.& L. Gurung, L. (2010). ‘An Assessment of Factors Influencing Empowerment Level of Females: A case study of Pokhara’ in Economic Journal of Development Issues July-Dec 2010. Kathmandu: Department of Economics, Patan Multiple Campus
  17. Thapa, A.K. (2003). Indo-Nepal Trade and its Impact on Nepalese Economy. Economic Journal of Development Issues vol. 4 No.1 Jan-june 2003.