7. Health policy

As member of the European Commission Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health, I have contributed to the following Opinions:

- Vaccination programmes and health systems In the European Union (rapporteur), 2018

- Benchmarking access to healthcare in the EU (member of working group), 2018

- Tools and methodologies for assessing the performance of primary care (member of working group), 2018

- Application of the ERN model in European Cross-border healthcare cooperation outside the rare diseases area (member of working group), 2018

- Assessing the impact of digital transformation of health services (member of working group), 2019

- Task shifting and health system design (member of working group), 2019

- Defining value in ‘Value-based healthcare’ (member of working group), 2019

- Options to foster Health Promoting Health Systems (member of working group), 2019

- The Organisation of Resilient Health and Social Care Following the COVID-19 Pandemic (member of working group), 2020

- Public Procurement in healthcare systems (chair of working group), 2021

- Supporting mental health of health workforce and other essential workers (member of working group), 2021

- European solidarity in public health emergencies (member of working group), 2021

available here:

https://ec.europa.eu/health/expert_panel/opinions_en

Some shorter versions:

Rogers H, Barros P, Maeseneer J, Lehtonen L, Lionis C, McKee M, Siciliani L, Stahl D, Zaletel J, Kringos D, 2021. Resilience testing of health systems: How can it be done? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 4742.

Luigi Siciliani, Claudia Wild, Martin McKee et al, 2020. Strengthening Vaccination Programmes and Health Systems in the European Union: A Framework for Action, Health Policy, 124(5), 511-518.

May van Schalkwyk, Ales Bourek, Dionne Kringos, Luigi Siciliani, Margaret Barry, Jan De Maeseneer, Martin McKee, 2020. The best person (or machine) for the job: rethinking task shifting in healthcare, Health policy (2020), 124(12), 1379-1386.

Dionne Kringos, Sabina Nuti, Christian Anastasy, Margaret Barry, Liubove Murauskiene, Luigi Siciliani, Jan De Maeseneer, 2019. Re-thinking performance assessment for primary care: Opinion of the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health, The European Journal of General Practice, 25(1), 55-61.

Competition amongst healthcare providers

Luigi Siciliani, Martin Chalkley and Hugh Gravelle, 2017. Policies towards hospital and GP competition in five European countries, Health Policy, Volume 121, Pages 103-110.

Waiting times and Access

Ewout van Ginneken, Luigi Siciliani, Sarah Reed, Astrid Eriksen, Florian Tille and Tomas Zapata, 2022. Addressing backlogs and managing the waiting list for non-emergency health care, Eurohealth, volume 28, n.1, pp. 35-40.

Willy Palm, Erin Webb, Cristina Hernandez-Quevedo, Giada Scarpetti, Suszy Lessof, Luigi Siciliani, Ewout van Ginneken, Gaps in Coverage and Access in the European Union, Health Policy, 125(3), 341-350.

Gaetan Lafortune, Luigi Siciliani, Rie Fujisawa, Sabine Vuik, Emily Hewlett, 2020. Waiting Times for Health Services. Next in Line, OECD Health Policy Studies.

Luigi Siciliani, Michael Borowitz and Valerie Moran (Editors), 2013. Waiting Time Policies in the Health Sector. What works?, OECD Report, Paris, France. Also, author of Chapter 1. Waiting Times for Health Care: A Conceptual Framework (with Michael Borowitz and Valerie Moran); Chapter 2. Measuring Waiting Times across OECD countries (with Michael Borowitz, Valerie Moran and Huw Dixon); Chapter 3. A Review of Waiting Times Policies in 13 OECD countries (with Michael Borowitz and Valerie Moran). DOI 10.1787/9789264179080-en

Luigi Siciliani, 2012. An economic assessment of price rationing versus non-price rationing of health care, Nordic Economic Policy Review, Number 2/2012.

Luigi Siciliani and Jeremy Hurst, 2005. Tackling excessive waiting times for elective surgery: a comparison of policies in 12 OECD countries, Health Policy, Volume 72, Issue 2, pages 201-215.

Luigi Siciliani and Jeremy Hurst, 2004. Explaining waiting times variations for elective surgery across OECD countries, OECD Economic Studies, Volume 38, Issue 1, pages 96-122.

Payment system for health providers, and Pay for performance

Yan Feng, Søren Kristensen, Paula Lorgelly, Rachel Meacock, Marina Rodes Sanchez Luigi Siciliani Matt Sutton, 2019. Pay for Performance for Specialised Care in England: Strengths and Weaknesses, Health Policy, 123, 1036-1041.

Luigi Siciliani, 2020 (November). How is coronavirus changing national payment systems for healthcare providers? Economics Observatory.