Sumaiyah Docrat

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 790 citations indexed

About

Sumaiyah Docrat is a scholar working on Social Psychology, General Health Professions and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Sumaiyah Docrat has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 790 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Social Psychology, 12 papers in General Health Professions and 9 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Sumaiyah Docrat's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (14 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (9 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (5 papers). Sumaiyah Docrat is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (14 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (9 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (5 papers). Sumaiyah Docrat collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Sumaiyah Docrat's co-authors include Crick Lund, Susan Cleary, Donela Besada, Emmanuelle Daviaud, Dan Chisholm, Charlotte Hanlon, Atalay Alem, Oye Gureje, Jibril Abdulmalik and Graham Thornicroft and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, BMC Public Health and BMC Health Services Research.

In The Last Decade

Sumaiyah Docrat

22 papers receiving 774 citations

Hit Papers

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Mental health system costs, resources and constraints in South Africa: a national survey

2019 178 citations Sumaiyah Docrat, Donela Besada et al. Health Policy and Planning profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sumaiyah Docrat South Africa	17	345	334	278	125	123	22	790
Shalini Ahuja United Kingdom	14	255 0.7×	323 1.0×	235 0.8×	83 0.7×	44 0.4×	25	684
Ameneh Setareh Forouzan Iran	15	317 0.9×	124 0.4×	224 0.8×	122 1.0×	84 0.7×	67	754
Medhin Selamu Ethiopia	15	306 0.9×	404 1.2×	358 1.3×	105 0.8×	30 0.2×	25	781
Tasneem Kathree South Africa	13	350 1.0×	512 1.5×	426 1.5×	126 1.0×	35 0.3×	29	962
Derege Kebede Ethiopia	17	267 0.8×	322 1.0×	337 1.2×	133 1.1×	40 0.3×	44	995
Masoumeh Dejman Iran	19	328 1.0×	143 0.4×	177 0.6×	119 1.0×	40 0.3×	65	793
Sheila Ndyanabangi Uganda	15	297 0.9×	391 1.2×	471 1.7×	95 0.8×	19 0.2×	28	906
Catherine O. Egbe South Africa	15	220 0.6×	254 0.8×	278 1.0×	59 0.5×	18 0.1×	49	852
Greg A. Greenberg United States	18	669 1.9×	178 0.5×	350 1.3×	20 0.2×	98 0.8×	41	1.1k
Joshua Ssebunnya Uganda	19	622 1.8×	953 2.9×	823 3.0×	185 1.5×	62 0.5×	39	1.6k

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Farina, Nicolas, Yuda Turana, Marguerite Schneider, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive measurement of the prevalence of dementia in low- and middle-income countries: STRiDE methodology and its application in Indonesia and South Africa. BJPsych Open. 9(4). e102–e102. 17 indexed citations

Schneider, Marguerite, et al.. (2023). Dementia in South Africa: A Situational Analysis. Dementia. 23(3). 452–475. 5 indexed citations

Cleary, Susan, Thomas Wilkinson, Cynthia Tamandjou, Sumaiyah Docrat, & Geetesh Solanki. (2021). Cost‐effectiveness of intensive care for hospitalized COVID-19 patients: experience from South Africa. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 82–82. 68 indexed citations

Farina, Nicolas, Suvarna Alladi, Adelina Comas‐Herrera, et al.. (2020). A systematic review and meta-analysis of dementia prevalence in seven developing countries: A STRiDE project. Global Public Health. 15(12). 1878–1893. 22 indexed citations

Docrat, Sumaiyah, Donela Besada, Susan Cleary, & Crick Lund. (2020). The impact of social, national and community-based health insurance on health care utilization for mental, neurological and substance-use disorders in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Health Economics Review. 10(1). 11–11. 19 indexed citations

Solanki, Geetesh, Thomas Wilkinson, Emmanuelle Daviaud, et al.. (2020). Managing the healthcare demand-supply gap during and after COVID-19: The need to review the approach to healthcare priority-setting in South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 111(1). 20–20. 5 indexed citations

Hailemichael, Yohannes, Charlotte Hanlon, Kebede Tirfessa, et al.. (2019). Catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in households of persons with depression: a cross-sectional, comparative study in rural Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 930–930. 51 indexed citations

Hailemichael, Yohannes, Damen Haile Mariam, Kebede Tirfessa, et al.. (2019). Catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for households of people with severe mental disorder: a comparative study in rural Ethiopia. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 13(1). 39–39. 29 indexed citations

Docrat, Sumaiyah, Crick Lund, & Dan Chisholm. (2019). Sustainable financing options for mental health care in South Africa: findings from a situation analysis and key informant interviews. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 13(1). 4–4. 21 indexed citations

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Docrat, Sumaiyah, Susan Cleary, Dan Chisholm, & Crick Lund. (2019). The household economic costs associated with depression symptoms: A cross-sectional household study conducted in the North West province of South Africa. PLoS ONE. 14(11). e0224799–e0224799. 4 indexed citations

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Hailemichael, Yohannes, Charlotte Hanlon, Kebede Tirfessa, et al.. (2019). Mental health problems and socioeconomic disadvantage: a controlled household study in rural Ethiopia. International Journal for Equity in Health. 18(1). 121–121. 25 indexed citations

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Abdulmalik, Jibril, et al.. (2019). Sustainable financing mechanisms for strengthening mental health systems in Nigeria. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 13(1). 38–38. 33 indexed citations

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Chisholm, Dan, Sumaiyah Docrat, Jibril Abdulmalik, et al.. (2019). Mental health financing challenges, opportunities and strategies in low- and middle-income countries: findings from the Emerald project. BJPsych Open. 5(5). e68–e68. 47 indexed citations

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Lund, Crick, Sumaiyah Docrat, Jibril Abdulmalik, et al.. (2019). Household economic costs associated with mental, neurological and substance use disorders: a cross-sectional survey in six low- and middle-income countries. BJPsych Open. 5(3). e34–e34. 19 indexed citations

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Docrat, Sumaiyah, Donela Besada, Susan Cleary, Emmanuelle Daviaud, & Crick Lund. (2019). Mental health system costs, resources and constraints in South Africa: a national survey. Health Policy and Planning. 34(9). 706–719. 178 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ssebunnya, Joshua, James Mugisha, Sumaiyah Docrat, et al.. (2018). Potential strategies for sustainably financing mental health care in Uganda. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 12(1). 74–74. 13 indexed citations

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Thornicroft, Graham, Shalini Ahuja, Sarah Barber, et al.. (2018). Integrated care for people with long-term mental and physical health conditions in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Psychiatry. 6(2). 174–186. 78 indexed citations

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Hanlon, Charlotte, Maya Semrau, Atalay Alem, et al.. (2017). Evaluating capacity-building for mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries for service users and caregivers, service planners and researchers. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 27(1). 3–10. 32 indexed citations

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Schneider, Marguerite, Emily Baron, Erica Breuer, et al.. (2016). Integrating mental health into South Africa's health system : current status and way forward. South African Health Review. 2016(1). 153–163. 19 indexed citations

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Chisholm, Daniel, Margaret Heslin, Sumaiyah Docrat, et al.. (2016). Scaling-up services for psychosis, depression and epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: development and application of a mental health systems planning tool (OneHealth). Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 26(3). 234–244. 40 indexed citations

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