Profile

Biography

Luigi holds an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and a PhD in Economics from the University of York.

His recent research focuses on modelling purchaser-provider interactions in health care, waiting times for elective surgery, patient's choice, efficiency analysis (DEA and Stochastic Frontiers) applied to the hospital sector, performance indicators, and the economics of obesity.

Research

Overview

• Modelling purchaser-provider interactions in health care
• Waiting times for elective surgery
• Patient's choice
• Efficiency analysis (DEA and Stochastic Frontiers) applied to the hospital sector
• Performance indicators
• The economics of obesity

Research group(s)

• Health Policy Team

Publications

Full publications list

Forthcoming

• Laudicella M, Siciliani L, Cookson R. Waiting times and socioeconomic status: evidence from England. Social Science and Medicine.;In Press.

2012

• Siciliani L, Sivey P, Street A. Differences in length of stay for hip replacement between public hospitals, specialised treatment centres and private providers: selection or efficiency?

   Health Economics 2012;DOI:10.1002/hec.1826.

2011

• Miraldo M, Siciliani L, Street A. Price adjustment in the hospital sector. Journal of Health Economics 2011;30(1):112-125.

2010

• Fiorio C, Siciliani L. Co-payments and the demand for pharmaceuticals: evidence from Italy. Economic Modelling 2010;27(4):835-41.
• Hafsteinsdottir E, Siciliani L. DRG prospective payment systems: refine or not refine? Health Economics 2010;10.1002/hec1547earlyview.
• Kaarboe O, Siciliani L. Multitasking, quality and pay for performance. Health Economics 2010;10.1002/hec1582earlyview.
• Siciliani L, Kuhn M. Performance indicators for quality with costly falsification. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 2010;18(4):1137-54.
• Siciliani L, Iverson T. Non-price rationing and waiting times. In: Oxford handbook of health economics: Oxford University Press; Forthcoming.
• Street A, Sivey P, Mason A, Miraldo M, Siciliani L. Are English treatment centres treating less complex patients? Health Policy 2010;94(2):150-57.

 2009

• Dixon H, Siciliani L. Waiting-time targets in the healthcare sector. How long are we waiting? Journal of Health Economics 2009;28:1081-98.
• Mason A, Street A, Miraldo M, Siciliani L. Should prospective payments be differentiated for public and private healthcare providers? Health Economics, Policy and Law 2009;4(4):383-403. Should prospective payments be differentiated (PDF , 124kb) 
• Siciliani L. Paying for performance and motivation crowding out. Economics Letters 2009;103:68-71.
• Siciliani L, Gravelle H. Third degree waiting time discrimination: optimal allocation of a public sector healthcare treatment under rationing by waiting. Health Economics 2009;18:977-86.
• Siciliani L, Stanciole A, Jacobs R. Do waiting times reduce hospitals' costs? Journal of Health Economics 2009;28(4):771-80.
• Siciliani L, Verzulli R. Waiting times and socioeconomic status among elderly Europeans: evidence from SHARE. Health Economics 2009;18(11):1295-306.

 2008

• Brekke K, Siciliani L, Straume OR. Competition and waiting times in health care markets. Journal of Public Economics. 2008;92(7):1607-28.
• Gravelle H, Siciliani L. Ramsey waits: allocating public health service resources when there is rationing by waiting. Journal of Health Economics. 2008;27(5):1143-54.
• Gravelle H, Siciliani L. Optimal quality, waits and charges in health insurance. Journal of Health Economics. 2008;27(3):663-74.
• Gravelle H, Siciliani L. Is waiting-time prioritisation welfare improving? Health Economics. 2008;17(2):167-84.
• Siciliani L. A note on the dynamic interaction between waiting times and waiting lists. Health Economics. 2008;17(5):639-47. Download from Wiley Inter Science

2007

• Martin S, Siciliani L. An empirical analysis of the impact of choice on waiting times. Health Economics. 2007;16(8):763-79.
• Siciliani L. Optimal contracts for health services in the presence of waiting times and asymmetric information. The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy Contributions.  2007;40.

2006

• Siciliani L. A dynamic model of hospital supply of elective surgery in the presence of waiting times and waiting lists. Journal of Health Economics. 2006;25(6):891-907.
• Siciliani L. Selection of treatment under prospective payment systems in the hospital sector. Journal of Health Economics. 2006;25(3):479-99.
• Siciliani L. Estimating technical efficiency in the hospital sector: a panel-data analysis. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 2006;5(2):1-20.

2005

• Siciliani L. Does more choice reduce waiting times? Health Economics. 2005;14(1):17-23.
• Hurst J, Siciliani L. Tackling excessive waiting times for elective surgery: a comparison of policies in 12 OECD countries. Health Policy. 2005;72(2):201-15.
• Siciliani L. Contracts and incentives in the purchasing of hospital services: theoretical and institutional analyses. In: Guccio C, Pignataro G, Rizzo I, editors. Funding and evaluation of Hospital services (In Italian). Milano: Franco Angeli; 2005.
• Siciliani L. Efficiency analysis in the hospital sector: the frontiers approach. In: Guccio C, Pignataro G, Rizzo I, editors. Funding and evaluation of hospital services (In Italian). Milano: Franco Angeli 2005.
• Siciliani L. Analysis of the impact of a prospective payment system on technical efficiency in the hospital sector in regions Friuli, Venezia, Giulia and Sicily. In: Guccio C, Pignataro G, Rizzo I, editors. Funding and evaluation of hospital services (In Italian). Milano: Franco Angeli; 2005.

2004

• Hurst J, Siciliani L. Explaining waiting times variations for elective surgery across OECD countries. OECD Economic Studies. 2004;38(1):96-122.  

• Hurst J, Siciliani L. Tackling excessive waiting times for elective surgery. In: Towards high-performing health systems; Policy studies. Paris: OECD; 2004.