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Jonathan Cylus
Hub Coordinator London
Biography
Jon Cylus is the head of the Observatory’s London Hubs based at both the London School of Economics, where he is a Senior Research Fellow, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he is an Honorary Research Fellow.
His main
research is on health systems, focusing primarily on health financing
policy, health economics and health system performance, as well as on
the economics of population ageing. He has worked on these topics in a
wide range of countries, as well as with the European Commission, OECD
and WHO. Jon is also interested in the role of social policies and other
social determinants on health. Prior to joining the Observatory,
Jonathan was an economist at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) in the United States.
Jon has a BA in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, and an MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics.
Recent publications
1. Cylus J, Thomson S, Evetovits T. Catastrophic health spending in Europe: equity and policy implications of different calculation methods. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2018 Sep 1; 96(9): 599–609.
2. Cylus J, Normand C, Figueras J. Will ageing spell the end of the welfare state? A review of evidence and policy options. Economics of Healthy and Active Ageing Series. Copenhagen: WHO Regional office for Europe, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2019.
3. Cylus J and Smith P. The economy of wellbeing: what is it and what are the implications for health? BMJ 2020.
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