Luigi Siciliani

Professor Luigi Siciliani is a Professor of Health Economics at the University of York's Department of Economics and Related Studies, where he directs the MSc in Health Economics. He holds editorial roles at the Journal of Health Economics and is affiliated with the Centre for Health Economics and the Economics of Health and Social Care Research Unit. His research focuses on healthcare competition, quality improvement, pay-for-performance schemes, and socioeconomic disparities in healthcare access.

Education: BSc from Bocconi University, MSc from the London School of Economics (LSE), and a PhD from the University of York.

Research Interests: Waiting times, hospital competition dynamics, optimal incentive design in healthcare, public-private healthcare provision models, and long-term care economics. Recent work includes analyzing pay-for-performance impacts on equity and evaluating hospital competition's effects on quality in the NHS.

Grants & Projects: Co-investigator on multi-million pound projects including 'Health Economics for Policy Impact' (EU-funded) and the NIHR-funded Economics of Health & Care Systems Policy Research Unit. His work informs healthcare policy globally through advisory roles at the European Observatory on Health Systems and the European Commission's Expert Panel on Health Investment.

Affiliations: Senior Expert Adviser to the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, past member of the Kenneth Arrow Award Committee (best paper in health economics).