Dr Saval Khanal
Research Fellow
Research Interests
Saval Khanal is interested in research related to the development of the theory-informed behavioural interventions to improve quality and safety across the NHS organisations and its evaluation. In addition to them, he is also interested in the economic evaluation and decision making in health.
Behavioural Science Group
Email: Saval.Khanal@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 765 74414 / Room: 3.108
Biography
Saval Khanal is working as a Research Fellow in Behavioural Science and Health Economics at Warwick Business School (WBS). With Professor Ivo Vlaev, at WBS, he is involved in the Health Foundation-funded project - 'Nudging more cost-effective medication use across NHS organisations'. His team will look at the most common reasons for sub-optimal medication use, and explore the groups of behaviours associated with these, for example selecting new medications and discontinuing previous medications. The aim is then to improve these behavioural outcomes using light-touch, low-cost interventions, i.e. 'nudges'. In addition to these, Saval is also working in research to understand factors associated with implementing quality improvement programs in the NHS organisations.
Prior to joining WBS, Saval had worked as a Research Fellow at the Center for Applied Health Economics, Griffith University, Australia. At Griffith University, Saval worked in research related to the economic evaluation of health and multi-criteria decision analysis in health care technology. Saval holds PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia. He was trained in Social and Behavioural Science while he pursued his MSc from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. Saval was trained as a pharmacist in 2007, he obtained his pharmacy degree from Pokhara University, Nepal and is a registered pharmacist with Nepal Pharmacy Council. He has worked as a Lecturer of Pharmacy Practice in Nepal where he taught courses related to social pharmacy, pharmaceutical management and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, Saval has experience of working as a hospital and clinical pharmacist in one of the leading teaching hospitals of Nepal. At present, he is an active Pharmaceutical Scientist Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. He is also a member of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research and International Health Economics Association.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Shrestha, S., Shrestha, S., KC, B., Sapkota, B., Khadka, A., Khanal, S. and Koller, M. (2020) "Translation and cultural adaptation of EORTC QLQ-LC 29 into Nepalese language for lung cancer patients in Nepal", Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 4, 1, 46
- Shrestha, S., Sapkota, B., Thapa, S., K. C., B. and Khanal, S. (2020) "Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of Patient Satisfaction with Pharmacist Services Questionnaire (PSPSQ 2.0) into the Nepalese version in a community settings", PLoS One, 15, 10, e0240488
- Bell, C., Muhammad, A. H., Khanal, S. and Paudyal, V. (2020) "Are more men seeking help for erectile dysfunction? A time trend analysis", BJGP Open, bjgpopen20X101145
- Khanal, S., Veerman, L., Nissen, L. and Hollingworth, S. (2019) "Forecasting the amount and cost of medicine to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus in Nepal using knowledge on medicine usage from a developed country", Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, 10, 1, 91-99
- Shrestha, S., Palaian, S., Shrestha, B., Santosh, K. C. and Khanal, S. (2019) "The potential role of social media in pharmacovigilance in Nepal : glimpse from a resource-limited setting", Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research, 13, 3, FE04-FE07
- Shrestha, S., Danekhu, K., Thapa, S., Khanal, S. and Shankar, P. R. (2019) "The unmet need for pharmacists as important members of the emergency department team in resource-limited settings : a case of Nepal", Journal of Pharmacy Technology, 35, 5, 219-224
- Shrestha, S., Shrestha, S. and Khanal, S. (2019) "Polypharmacy in elderly cancer patients : challenges and the way clinical pharmacists can contribute in resource-limited settings", Aging Medicine, 2, 1, 42-49
- Khanal, S., Veerman, L., Ewen, M., Nissen, L. and Hollingworth, S. (2019) "Availability, price, and affordability of essential medicines to manage noncommunicable diseases : a national survey from Nepal", Inquiry, 56
- Singh, J. K., Kadel, R., Acharya, D., Lombard, D., Khanal, S. and Singh, S. P. (2018) "‘MATRI-SUMAN’ a capacity building and text messaging intervention to enhance maternal and child health service utilization among pregnant women from rural Nepal : study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial", BMC health services research, 18, 1, 447
- Khanal, S., Veerman, L., Nissen, L. and Hollingworth, S. (2017) "Use of healthcare services by patients with non-communicable diseases in Nepal : a qualitative study with healthcare providers", Journal of clinical and diagnostic research: JCDR, 11, 6, LC01-LC05
- Khanal, S., Mohamed Ibrahim, M. I. b., Shankar, P. R., Palaian, S. and Mishra, P. (2013) "Evaluation of academic detailing Programme on childhood Diarrhoea management by primary healthcare providers in Banke District of Nepal", Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition, 31, 2, 231-242
Journal Item
- Bhuvan, K. C. and Khanal, S. (2018) "Female community health volunteers to reduce blood pressure : feasible and sustainable?", The Lancet Global Health, 6, 4, e373
Book Item
- Saval Khanal (2018) "Academic detailing in low-and middle-income countries : principles, use, impact, and lessons learned", 73-92, Academic Press,
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