Saval is interested in the economic evaluation and decision making in health and the application of different decision modelling for Health Technology Assessment.
Saval is a Research Fellow in Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment at the Warwick Evidence Technology Assessment Group in Warwick Medical School. He provides health economics analyses support to produce health technology assessment reports for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The current project focuses on the health technology assessment of chronic migraine treatment in adults. The day-to-day activities include analysis of complex datasets, mixed treatment comparisons, and cost-effectiveness models (including patient-level and micro-simulation models). His prior experience included working as the Research Fellow in the Behavioural Science Group at Warwick Business School (UK) and Centre for Applied Health Economics at Griffith University (Australia); Lecturer of Pharmacoecnomics and Management at Sunsari Technical College, Tribhuvan University (Nepal); Hospital and Clinical Pharmacist at the Manipal Teaching Hospital (Nepal). Saval holds PhD (Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics) from the University of Queensland, Australia. He was trained in Social and Administrative pharmacy while he pursued his MSc from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. 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. Teaching Activities Topic: Economics of Precision Medicine (Module: MD2B4 (21/22) Interactions: Environment and Gene), Year 2, BSc. Health and Medical Sciences Supervision Saval is open for student supervision, especially around evidence synthesis, health outcomes and health economics.
- Ward, Elizabeth C., Caird, Emma, Khanal, Saval, Kularatna, Sanjeewa, Byrnes, Joshua, Penman, Adriana, Mcallister, Sue, Baldac, Stacey, Cardell, Elizabeth, Davenport, Rachel, Davidson, Bronwyn, Hewat, Sally, Howells, Simone, Mccabe, Patricia, Purcell, Alison, Walters, Joanne, Hill, Anne E., 2023. A cost analysis of a 5-day simulation-based learning program for speech-language pathology student training. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25 (5), pp. 688-696
- 'Shrestha, Sunil, 'Shrestha, Rajeev, 'Ahmed, Ali, 'Sapkota, Binaya, 'Khatiwada, Asmita Priyadarshini, 'Christopher, Christina Malini, 'Thapa, Parbati, 'K.C., Bhuvan, 'Blebil, Ali Qais, 'Khanal, Saval, 'Paudyal, Vibhu, 2022. 'Impact of pharmacist services on economic, clinical, and humanistic outcome (ECHO) of South Asian patients : a systematic review. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 15 (1)
- 'Talat, Usman, 'Schmidtke, Kelly, 'Khanal, Saval, 'Chan, Amy, 'Turner, Alice, 'Horne, Robert, 'Chadborn, Tim, 'Gold, Natalie, 'Sallis, Anna, 'Vlaev, Ivo, 2022. 'A systematic review of nudge interventions to optimize medication prescribing. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 13
- 'Khanal, Saval, 'Underwood, Martin, 'Naghdi, Seyran, 'Brown, Anna, 'Duncan, Callum, 'Matharu, Manjit, 'Mistry, Hema, 2022. 'A systematic review of economic evaluations of pharmacological treatments for adults with chronic migraine. The Journal of Headache and Pain, 23 (1)
- 'Ahmed, Ali, 'Tanveer, Maria, 'Shrestha, Sunil, 'Khatiwada, Asmita Priyadarshini, 'Khanal, Saval, 'Dujaili, Juman Abedulelah, 'Paudyal, Vibhu, 2022. 'Interventions and impact of pharmacist-delivered services for people infected with COVID-19 : a systematic review. Healthcare, 10 (9)
- 'Khanal, Saval, 'Schmidtke, Kelly, 'Talat, Usman, 'Sarwar, Asif, 'Vlaev, Ivo, 2022. 'Implementation and evaluation of two nudges in a hospital?s electronic prescribing system to optimise cost-effective prescribing. Healthcare, 10 (7)
- Parajuli, Daya Ram, Khanal, Saval, Wechkunanukul, Kannikar Hannah, Ghimire, Saurav, Poudel, Arjun, 2022. Pharmacy practice in emergency response during the COVID-19 pandemic : lessons from Australia. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 18 (8), pp. 3453-3462
- Khan, Aleena, Kurmi, Om P., Lowrie, Richard, Khanal, Saval, Paudyal, Vibhu, 2022. Medicines prescribing for homeless persons : analysis of prescription data from specialist homelessness general practices. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 44 (3), pp. 717-724
- Shakya, Rajina, Shrestha, Rajeev, Shrestha, Sunil, Sapkota, Priti, Gautam, Roshani, Rai, Lalita, Khatiwada, Asmita Priyadarshini, Ranabhat, Kamal, K. C., Bhuvan, Sapkota, Binaya, Khanal, Saval, Paudyal, Vibhu, 2022. Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the Hill Bone Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy Scale to Nepalese language. Patient Preference and Adherence, 16, pp. 957-970
- Khatiwada, Asmita Priyadarshini, Maskey, Smriti, Shrestha, Nistha, Shrestha, Sunil, Khanal, Saval, KC, Bhuvan, Paudyal, Vibhu, 2021. Impact of the first phase of COVID-19 pandemic on childhood routine immunisation services in Nepal : a qualitative study on the perspectives of service providers and users. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 14 (1)
- Vohra, Neha, Hadi, Muhammad Abdul, Khanal, Saval, Kurmi, Om P., Paudyal, Vibhu, 2021. Impact of deprivation, dementia prevalence and regional demography on prescribing of anti?dementia drugs in England : a time trend analysis. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87 (10), pp. 3747-3755
- Mohammed, Eeman, Khanal, Saval, Jalal, Zahraa, Cheema, Ejaz, Abutaleb, Mohammed H., Paudyal, Vibhu, 2021. Perceived barriers and facilitators to uptake of non-traditional roles by pharmacists in Saudi Arabia and implications for COVID-19 pandemic and beyond : a qualitative study using Theoretical Domain Framework. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 14 (1)
- Bell, Colette, Muhammad, Abdul Hadi, Khanal, Saval, Paudyal, Vibhu, 2021. Prescribing patterns and costs associated with erectile dysfunction drugs in England : a time trend analysis. BJGP Open, 5 (2)
- Kaushal, Rishika, Jagpal, Parbir, Khanal, Saval, Vohra, Neha, Lowrie, Richard, Johal, Jaspal, Jenkins, Duncan, Saunders, Karen, Paudyal, Vibhu, 2021. Representation of persons experiencing homelessness and coding of homelessness in general practices descriptive evaluation using healthcare utilisation data. BJGP Open, 5 (4)
- Shrestha, Sunil, Shrestha, Sudip, KC, Bhuvan, Sapkota, Binaya, Khadka, Anil, Khanal, Saval, Koller, Michael, 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)
- Shrestha, Sunil, Sapkota, Binaya, Thapa, Santosh, K. C., Bhuvan, Khanal, Saval, 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)
- Khanal, Saval, Veerman, Lennert, Ewen, Margaret, Nissen, Lisa, Hollingworth, Samantha, 2019. Availability, price, and affordability of essential medicines to manage noncommunicable diseases : a national survey from Nepal. Inquiry, 56
- Shrestha, Sunil, Shrestha, Sudip, Khanal, Saval, 2019. Polypharmacy in elderly cancer patients : challenges and the way clinical pharmacists can contribute in resource-limited settings. Aging Medicine, 2 (1), pp. 42-49
- Khanal, Saval, Veerman, Lennert, Ewen, Margaret, Nissen, Lisa, Hollingworth, Samantha, 2019. Availability, price, and affordability of essential medicines to manage noncommunicable diseases : a national survey from Nepal. Inquiry : The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 56
- Khanal, Saval, Veerman, Lennert, Nissen, Lisa, Hollingworth, Samantha, 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), pp. 91-99
- Shrestha, Sunil, Palaian, Subish, Shrestha, Bibek, Santosh, K. C., Khanal, Saval, 2019. The potential role of social media in pharmacovigilance in Nepal : glimpse from a resource-limited setting. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research, 13 (3), pp. FE04-FE07
- Shrestha, Sunil, Danekhu, Krisha, Thapa, Santosh, Khanal, Saval, Shankar, P. Ravi, 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), pp. 219-224
- Singh, Jitendra Kumar, Kadel, Rajendra, Acharya, Dilaram, Lombard, Daniel, Khanal, Saval, Singh, Shri Prakash, 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)
- Khanal, Saval, Veerman, Lennert, Nissen, Lisa, Hollingworth, Samantha, 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), pp. LC01-LC05
- Khanal, Saval, Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham bin, Shankar, Pathiyil Ravi, Palaian, Subish, Mishra, Pranaya, 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), pp. 231-242
- Khanal, Saval, 2018. Academic detailing in low-and middle-income countries : principles, use, impact, and lessons learned. In Social and Administrative Aspects of Pharmacy in Low-and Middle-Income Countries, Academic Press, pp. 73-92
- 'Shrestha, Rajeev, 'Shrestha, Sunil, 'Sapkota, Binaya, 'Khanal, Saval, 'K. C., Bhuvan, 2022. 'Challenges faced by hospital pharmacists in low-income countries before COVID-19 vaccine roll-out : handling approaches and implications for future pandemic roles. Turkish Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Galenos, pp. 232-238
- Bhuvan, K. C., Khanal, Saval, 2018. Female community health volunteers to reduce blood pressure : feasible and sustainable?. The Lancet Global Health, The Lancet Publishing Group