Papanicolas, Irene

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  • Niksch, Maecey, Cylus, Jonathan, Papanicolas, Irene (2026). Evaluating the value for money of global fund's expenditures (2017-2019). BMC Public Health, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25853-9
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Wouters, Olivier J., Sawaya, Tania, Han, Jihye, Wei, Jinru, Naci, Huseyin (2026). Review times for new drugs and submission delays among the FDA and 4 international regulators, 2014–22. Health Affairs, 45(2), 184-192. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00595
  • Streit, Simon, Wharton, George, Mah, Jasmine, Van Kessel, Robin, Prionas, Apostolos, Johnston Webber, Charlotte, Boletis, John, Domínguez-Gil, Beatriz, Forsberg, Anna & Franca, Ana et al (2026). Performance indicators for organ donation and transplantation programmes in Europe: modified Delphi consensus study. British Journal of Surgery, 113(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf293
  • O'Neill, Emily, Wei, Jinru, Machado, Sara R., Galárraga, Omar, Papanicolas, Irene (2025). An assessment of antimicrobial resistance national action plans and their impact on antibiotic use. BMJ Global Health, 10(10). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-020536 picture_as_pdf
  • Kyriopoulos, Ilias, Athanasakis, Kostas, Tsoli, Stergiani, Mossialos, Elias, Papanicolas, Irene (2025). Addressing public health and health system challenges in Greece: reform priorities in a changing landscape. The Lancet Public Health, 10(9), e794 - e803. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00188-4 picture_as_pdf
  • Maharaj, Ritesh, Rola, Ishan, Papanicolas, Irene (2025). The relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and mortality in a sepsis cohort in England: a retrospective observational study. CHEST Critical Care, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chstcc.2025.100165 picture_as_pdf
  • Wouters, Olivier J., Denolle, Cyprien, Wei, Jinru, Papanicolas, Irene (2025). Prices and affordability of essential medicines in 72 low-, middle-, and high-income markets. JAMA Health Forum, 6(8). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.2043 picture_as_pdf
  • Barnard, Mason, Figueroa, Jose F, Phelan, Jessica, Orav, E John, Papanicolas, Irene (2025). Geographical variation in physician supply and its relationship to utilization of care across older adults in the United States. Health Affairs Scholar, 3(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf127 picture_as_pdf
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Machado, Sara, Kyriopoulos, Ilias (2025). Wealth and mortality in the United States and Europe: the authors reply. New England Journal of Medicine, 393(2), 206 - 207. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2506058
  • Naci, Huseyin, Murphy, Peter, Woods, Beth, Lomas, James, Wei, Jinru, Papanicolas, Irene (2025). Population health impact of NICE-recommended new drugs – authors' reply. The Lancet, 405(10497), 2277 - 2278. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01078-5
  • Machado, Sara, Kyriopoulos, Ilias, Orav, E. John, Papanicolas, Irene (2025). Association between wealth and mortality in the United States and Europe. New England Journal of Medicine, 392(13), 1310-1319. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa2408259 picture_as_pdf
  • Naci, Huseyin, Murphy, Peter, Woods, Beth, Lomas, James, Wei, Jinru, Papanicolas, Irene (2025). Population-health impact of new drugs recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in England during 2000–20: a retrospective analysis. The Lancet, 405(10472), 50 - 60. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02352-3 picture_as_pdf
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Cylus, Jonathan, Lorenzoni, Luca (2024). Cross country comparisons in health price growth over time. Health Services Research, 59(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14295 picture_as_pdf
  • Kyriopoulos, Ilias-Ioannis, Machado, Sara R., Papanicolas, Irene (2024). Wealth-related inequalities in self-reported health status in the United States and 14 high-income countries. Health Services Research, 59(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14366 picture_as_pdf
  • Wouters, Olivier J., Sullivan, Sean D., Cousin, Emma M., Gabriel, Nico, Papanicolas, Irene, Hernandez, Inmaculada (2024). Drug prices negotiated by medicare vs US net prices and prices in other countries. JAMA, 333(1), 85-87. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.22582 picture_as_pdf
  • Lagarde, Mylene, Papanicolas, Irene, Stacey, Nicholas (2024). The demand for private telehealth services in low- and middle-income countries: evidence from South Africa. Social Science & Medicine, 354, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116570 picture_as_pdf
  • Wouters, Olivier J., Naci, Huseyin, Papanicolas, Irene (2024). Health Technology Assessment in the US—a word of caution—reply. JAMA Internal Medicine, 184(7), 851 - 851. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.1461
  • Machado, Sara, Perez, Beatrice, Papanicolas, Irene (2024). The role of race and ethnicity in health care crowdfunding: an exploratory analysis. Health Affairs Scholar, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxae027 picture_as_pdf
  • Wouters, Olivier J., Naci, Huseyin, Papanicolas, Irene (2024). Availability and coverage of new drugs in 6 high-income countries with health technology assessment bodies. Journal of American Medical Association: Internal Medicine, 184(3), 328 - 330. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.7726 picture_as_pdf
  • Moin, John S, Vigod, Simone N, Plumptre, Lesley, Troke, Natalie, Asaria, Miqdad, Papanicolas, Irene, Wodchis, Walter P., Brail, Shauna, Anderson, Geoff (2023). Sex differences among children, adolescents and young adults for mental health service use within inpatient and outpatient settings, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada. BMJ Open, 13(11). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073616 picture_as_pdf
  • Rigby, Samuel, Nacer, Hadjer, Field, Samantha, Papanicolas, Irene, McKee, Martin, Cylus, Jonathan (2023). How inflation threatens the NHS and what policy makers can do about it. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 381, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-075144 picture_as_pdf
  • Lorenzoni, Luca, Marino, Alberto, Or, Zeynep, Blankart, Carl Rudolf, Shatrov, Kosta, Wodchis, Walter, Janlov, Nils, Figueroa, Jose F., Bowden, Nicholas & Bernal-Delgado, Enrique et al (2023). Why the US spends more treating high-need high-cost patients: a comparative study of pricing and utilization of care in six high-income countries. Health Policy, 128, 55 - 61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.12.004 picture_as_pdf
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Figueroa, Jose F., Schoenfeld, Andrew J., Riley, Kristen, Abiona, Olukorede, Arvin, Mina, Atsma, Femke, Bernal‐delgado, Enrique, Bowden, Nicholas & Blankart, Carl Rudolf et al (2021). Differences in health care spending and utilization among older frail adults in high‐income countries: ICCONIC hip fracture persona. Health Services Research, 56(S3), 1335 - 1346. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13739 picture_as_pdf
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Riley, Kristen, Abiona, Olukorede, Arvin, Mina, Atsma, Femke, Bernal‐delgado, Enrique, Bowden, Nicholas, Blankart, Carl Rudolf, Deeny, Sarah & Estupiñán‐romero, Francisco et al (2021). Differences in health outcomes for high‐need high‐cost patients across high-income countries. Health Services Research, 56(S3), 1347 - 1357. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13735 picture_as_pdf
  • Figueroa, Jose F., Papanicolas, Irene, Riley, Kristen, Abiona, Olukorede, Arvin, Mina, Atsma, Femke, Bernal‐delgado, Enrique, Bowden, Nicholas, Blankart, Carl Rudolf & Deeny, Sarah et al (2021). International comparison of health spending and utilization among people with complex multimorbidity. Health Services Research, 56(S3), 1317 - 1334. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13708 picture_as_pdf
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Figueroa, Jose F. (2021). International comparison of patient care trajectories: insights from the ICCONIC project. Health Services Research, 56(S3), 1295 - 1298. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13887 picture_as_pdf
  • Blankart, Carl Rudolf, Gool, Kees, Papanicolas, Irene, Bernal‐delgado, Enrique, Bowden, Nicholas, Estupiñán‐romero, Francisco, Gauld, Robin, Knight, Hannah, Abiona, Olukorede & Riley, Kristen et al (2021). International comparison of spending and utilization at the end of life for hip fracture patients. Health Services Research, 56(S3), 1370 - 1382. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13734 picture_as_pdf
  • Maynou, Laia, Mehtsun, Winta T., Serra-Sastre, Victoria, Papanicolas, Irene (2021). Patterns of adoption of robotic radical prostatectomy in the United States and England. Health Services Research, 56(S3), 1441 - 1461. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13706 picture_as_pdf
  • Or, Zeynep, Shatrov, Kosta, Penneau, Anne, Wodchis, Walter, Abiona, Olukorede, Blankart, Carl Rudolf, Bowden, Nicholas, Bernal‐delgado, Enrique, Knight, Hannah & Lorenzoni, Luca et al (2021). Within and across country variations in treatment of patients with heart failure and diabetes. Health Services Research, 56(S3), 1358 - 1369. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13854 picture_as_pdf
  • Wodchis, Walter P., Or, Zeynep, Blankart, Carl Rudolf, Atsma, Femke, Janlov, Nils, Bai, Yu Qing, Penneau, Anne, Arvin, Mina, Knight, Hannah & Riley, Kristen et al (2021). An international comparison of long‐term care trajectories and spending following hip fracture. Health Services Research, 56(S3), 1383 - 1393. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13864 picture_as_pdf
  • Figueroa, Jose F., Horneffer, Kathryn E., Riley, Kristen, Abiona, Olukorede, Arvin, Mina, Atsma, Femke, Bernal-Delgado, Enrique, Blankart, Carl Rudolf, Bowden, Nicholas & Deeny, Sarah et al (2021). A methodology for identifying high-need, high-cost patient personas for international comparisons. Health Services Research, 56(S3), 1302 - 1316. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13890 picture_as_pdf
  • Figueroa, Jose F., Wadhera, Rishi K., Papanicolas, Irene (2020). Association of nursing home ratings on health inspections, quality of care, and nurse staffing with Covid-19 cases. JAMA, 324(11), 1103 - 1105. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.14709
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Marino, Alberto, Lorenzoni, Luca, Jha, Ashish (2020). Comparison of health care spending by age in 8 high-income countries. JAMA network open, 3(8). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.14688 picture_as_pdf
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Orav, E. John, Jha, Ashish K. (2020). Is mortality readmissions bias a concern for readmission rates under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program? Health Services Research, 55(2), 249 - 258. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13268 picture_as_pdf
  • Macarayan, Erlyn K., Papanicolas, Irene, Jha, Ashish K. (2020). The quality of malaria care in 25 low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002023 picture_as_pdf
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Mossialos, Elias, Gundersen, Anders, Woskie, Liana, Jha, Ashish (2019). Performance of UK National Health Service compared with other high income countries: observational study. BMJ, 367, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6326 picture_as_pdf
  • Lagarde, Mylène, Huicho, Luis, Papanicolas, Irene (2019). Motivating provision of high quality care: It is not all about the money. The BMJ, 366(74). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5210 picture_as_pdf
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Woskie, Liana R., Orlander, Duncan, Orav, E. John, Jha, Ashish K. (2019). The relationship between health spending and social spending In high-income countries how does the US compare? Health Affairs, 38(9), 1567 - 1575. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05187 description
  • Tsugawa, Yusuke, Figueroa, Jose F., Papanicolas, Irene, Orav, E. John, Jha, Ashish K. (2019). Assessment of strategies for managing expansion of diagnosis coding using risk-adjustment methods for medicare data. Journal of American Medical Association: Internal Medicine, 179(9), 1287-1290. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1005
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Figueroa, Jose F (2019). Preventable harm: getting the measure right. BMJ, 366, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4611 picture_as_pdf
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Woskie, Liana R., Jha, Ashish K. (2018). Health care spending in the United States and other high-income countries. JAMA, 319(10), 1024-1039. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.1150 picture_as_pdf
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Jha, Ashish K. (2017). Challenges in international comparison of health care systems. JAMA, 318(6), p. 515. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.9392
  • Mehtsun, Winta T., Papanicolas, Irene, Zheng, Jie, Orav, E. John, Lillemoe, Keith D., Jha, Ashish K. (2017). National trends in readmission following inpatient surgery in the hospital readmissions reduction program era. Annals of Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000002350
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter S. (2017). Using data envelopment analysis to address the challenges of comparing health system efficiency. Global Policy, 8(S2), 60-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12212
  • Papanicolas, Irene, McGuire, Alistair (2017). Measuring and forecasting quality in English hospitals. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 180(2), 409 - 432. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12203
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Figueroa, José F., Orav, E. John, Jha, Ashish K. (2017). Patient hospital experience improved modestly, but no evidence Medicare incentives promoted meaningful gains. Health Affairs, 36(1), 133-140. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0808
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter C. (2017). Identifying the causes of inefficiencies in health systems. Eurohealth, 23(2), 3-7.
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Cylus, Jonathan (2017). The challenges of using cross-national comparisons of efficiency to inform health policy. Eurohealth, 23(2), 8-11.
  • Papanicolas, Irene, McGuire, Alistair (2015). Do financial incentives trump clinical guidance? Hip replacement in England and Scotland. Journal of Health Economics, 44, 25-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.08.001
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Papanicolas, Irene (2015). An analysis of perceived access to health care in Europe: how universal is universal coverage? Health Policy, 119(9), 1133-1144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.07.004
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Kringos, Dionne, Klazinga, Niek S., Smith, Peter C. (2013). Health system performance comparison: new directions in research and policy. Health Policy, 112(1-2), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.07.018
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Papanicolas, Irene, Constantinou, Elisavet, Theodorou, Mamas (2013). Moving forward: lessons for Cyprus as it implements its health insurance scheme. Health Policy, 110(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.12.007
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Cylus, Jonathan, Smith, Peter C. (2013). An analysis of survey data from eleven countries finds that 'satisfaction' with health system performance means many things. Health Affairs, 32(4), 734-742. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1338
  • Violato, Mara, Gray, Alastair, Papanicolas, Irene, Ouellet, Melissa (2012). Resource use and costs associated with coeliac disease before and after diagnosis in 3,646 cases: results of a UK primary care database analysis. PLOS ONE, 7(7), e41308. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041308
  • Kentikelenis, Alexander, Karanikolos, Marina, Papanicolas, Irene, Basu, Sanjay, McKee, Martin, Stuckler, David (2012). Health and the financial crisis in Greece – Authors' reply. The Lancet, 379(9820), p. 1002. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60423-1
  • Kentikelenis, Alexander, Papanicolas, Irene (2012). Economic crisis, austerity and the Greek public health system. European Journal of Public Health, 22(1), 4-5. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckr190
  • Kentikelenis, Alexander, Karanikolos, Marina, Papanicolas, Irene, Basu, Sanjay, McKee, Martin, Stuckler, David (2011). Health effects of financial crisis: omens of a Greek tragedy. The Lancet, 378(9801), 1457-1458. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61556-0
  • Gray, Alastair M., Papanicolas, Irene (2010). Impact of symptoms on quality of life before and after diagnosis of coeliac disease: results from a UK population survey. BMC Health Services Research, 10, 105-112. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-105
  • Wordsworth, Sarah, Papanicolas, Irene, Buchanan, J., Frayling, I., Taylor, J., Tomlinson, I. (2008). Molecular testing for somatic cancer mutations: a survey of current and future testing in UK laboratories. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 61(3), 373-376. https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.2007.048819
  • Wordsworth, Sarah, Buchanan, J., Papanicolas, Irene, Taylor, J., Frayling, I., Tomlinson, I. (2008). Molecular testing for somatic mutations in common cancers: the views of UK oncologists. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 61(6), 761-765. https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.2007.054510
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter C., Mossialos, Elias (2008). Principles of performance measurement. Euro Observer, 10(1), 1-5.
    • Book
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter C. (Eds.) (2016). Health system efficiency: how to make measurement matter for policy and management. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter (Eds.) (2013). Health system performance comparison: an agenda for policy, information and research. Open University.
  • Smith, Peter C., Mossialos, Elias, Papanicolas, Irene, Leatherman, Sheila (Eds.) (2009). Performance measurement for health system improvement: experiences, challenges and prospects. Cambridge University Press.
    • Chapter
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Marino, Alberto (2024). International comparisons Who has the best health system in the world? In Research Handbook on Health Care Policy (pp. 268-287). Edward Elgar. picture_as_pdf
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter C. (2016). Conclusions. In Cylus, J., Papanicolas, I. & Smith, P. C. (Eds.), Health system efficiency: How to make measurement matter for policy and management (pp. 225 - 241). European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter C. (2016). A framework for thinking about health system efficiency. In Cylus, J., Papanicolas, I. & Smith, P. C. (Eds.), Health system efficiency: How to make measurement matter for policy and management (pp. 1-20). European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Cylus, Jonathan (2015). Comparison of healthcare systems performance. In Kuhlmann, E., Blank, R. H., Bourgeault, I. L. & Wendt, C. (Eds.), The Palgrave International Handbook of Healthcare Policy and Governance (pp. 116-134). Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter C. (2014). Theory of system level efficiency in health care. In Culyer, A. J. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of health economics (pp. 386-394). Elsevier (Firm).
  • Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina, Papanicolas, Irene (2013). Conceptualizing and comparing equity across nations. In Papanicolas, I. & Smith, P. C. (Eds.), Health System Performance Comparison: an Agenda for Policy, Information and Research . Open University.
    • Conference or Workshop Item
  • Tinelli, Michela, Kumpunen, Stephanie, Knai, Cecile, Dickmann, Petra, Papanicolas, Irini (2012-07-18 - 2012-07-21) Patient choice of general practice services: a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to guide policy in the European Union (EU) [Other]. 10th European Conference on Health Economics, Zurich, Switzerland, CHE.
    • Report
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter C. (2017). How to make sense of health system efficiency comparisons? (OBS Policy Brief 27). World Health Organization.
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter C. (2010). Report of technical meeting on health system performance assessment. World Health Organization Europe.
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter C. (2010). Towards a common framework for health system performance assessment. World Health Organization Europe.
  • Smith, Peter C., Mossialos, Elias, Papanicolas, Irene (2008). Performance measurement for health system improvement: experiences, challenges and prospects. (Background document 2). World Health Organization.
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Smith, Peter C., Mossialos, Elias (2008). What are the methodological issues related to measuring health care performance? European Commission.
  • Allin, Sara, Masseria, Cristina, Sorenson, Corinna, Papanicolas, Irene, Mossialos, Elias (2007). Measuring inequalities in access to health care: a review of the indices? European Commission.
  • Masseria, Cristina, Allin, Sara, Sorenson, Corinna, Papanicolas, Irene, Mossialos, Elias (2007). What are the methodological issues related to measuring health and drawing comparisons across countries? European Commission.
    • Thesis
  • Papanicolas, Irene (2011). The new NHS financial incentives for quality? [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.
    • Online resource
  • Papanicolas, Irene (2018). High prices, not waste or over-use, drive high health care costs in the US.
  • Papanicolas, Irene, Cylus, Jonathan, Smith, Peter (2013). What drives people’s perceptions of their health system? In the UK, overall satisfaction with the NHS is closely associated with GP performance.
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Papanicolas, Irene, Theodorou, Mamas (2013). In Cyprus, the Troika should be promoting health reforms towards universal coverage, not derailing them.
  • Cylus, Jonathan, Papanicolas, Irene (2012). Perceptions of health care access in Europe: How universal is universal coverage?
    • Working paper
  • Papanicolas, Irene, McGuire, Alistair (2011). Using a latent variable approach to measure the quality of English NHS hospitals. (LSE Health working papers 21/2011). LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Papanicolas, Irene, McGuire, Alistair (2011). Using a vector autoregression framework to measure the quality of English NHS hospitals. (LSE Health working papers 22). LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science.