Jonathan Cylus

Jonathan Cylus is head of the London Hub of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies based at the London School of Economics (where he is a visiting professor of practice) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (where he is honorary assistant professor), as well as a senior health economist at WHO’s Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing. He is also an associated researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), and adjunct associate professor of health services, policy, and practice at the Brown University School of Public Health. His 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 aging. He has worked on these topics in a wide range of countries, as well as with the European Commission, OECD and WHO. He is also interested in the role of social policies and other social determinants of health. Prior to joining the Observatory, Jon was an economist at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the U.S.

Recent publication highlights

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 et al (2024) Assessing the equity and coverage policy sensitivity of financial protection indicators in Europe. Health Policy
3. Papanicolas I, Cylus J, Lorenzoni L (2024) Cross country comparisons in health price growth over time. Health Services Research.
4. Vasco Santos J, Cylus J (2024) The value of healthy ageing: Estimating the economic value of health using time use data. Social Science and Medicine.
5. Cylus J, Thomson S, Serrano-Gregori M, Gallardo Martinez M, Garcia-Ramirez JA, Evetovits T (forthcoming). Population ageing, health financing sustainability, and the risk of financial hardship due to out-of-pocket payments: Insights from the PASH Simulator. Health Policy.