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Jon’s areas of expertise include efficiency, competition, incentives and economic regulation in health care systems; the role of the private sector in publicly funded health care; the economic regulation of the pharmaceutical industry; and the economics of medical research. He leads many of the OHE’s projects in these areas.

Jon is an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of York Centre for Health Economics.

Before joining the OHE in 1997, Jon was a management consultant at Deloitte & Touche Consulting where he specialised in health care and regulatory economics. Prior to that, Jon was Economic Adviser on Health and Personal Social Services at HM Treasury. Earlier, he served as an economist at the Department of Energy.

Jon has an MSc in Health Economics from the University of York and an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

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Contact: jsussex@ohe.org

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Selected Papers, Publications and Presentations

Note: OHE publications and working papers are available for download from the Publications section of this website.

2013

O’Neill, P., Mestre-Ferrandiz, J., Puig-Peiro, R. and Sussex, J. Projecting expenditure on medicines in the NHS. Research Paper 13/02. London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J., Towse, A. and Devlin, N. (2013) Operationalising value based pricing of medicines: A taxonomy of approaches. Pharmacoeconomics. 13(1), 1-10.

2012

Mestre-Ferrandiz, J., Mordoh, A. and Sussex, J. (2012) The Many Faces of Innovation. London: Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.

Mestre-Ferrandiz, J., Sussex, J. and Towse, A. (2012) The R&D Cost of a New Medicine. London: Office of Health Economics.

O’Neill, P., Puig-Peiró, R., Mestre-Ferrandiz, J. and Sussex, J. (2012) International comparisons of medicines prices, 2011 indices, methodology and results. Consulting Report. London: Office of Health Economics.

Shah, K., Praet, C., Devlin, N., Sussex, J., Appleby J. and Parkin, D. (2012) Is the aim of the English health care system to maximize QALYs? Journal of Health Services Research and Policy.17(3), 157-164.

Watson, V., Sussex, J., Ryan, M. and Tetteh, E. (2012) Managing poorly performing clinicians: Health care providers’ willingness to pay for help. Health Policy. 104(3), 260-271.

2011

Devlin, N.J. and Sussex, J. (2011) Incorporating multiple criteria in HTA: Methods and processes. London: Office of Health Economics.

Garau, M., Mordoh, A. and Sussex, J. (2011) Exploring the interdependency between public and charitable research: Report for Cancer Research UK. OHE Consulting Report. London: Office of Health Economics.

Shah, K.K., Praet, C., Devlin, N.J., Sussex, J.M., Appleby, J. and Parkin, D. (2011) Is the aim of the health care system to maximise QALYs? An investigation of 'what else matters' in the NHS. OHE Research Paper 11/03. London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J. rapporteur. (2012) Report of the Office of Health Economics Commission on Competition in the NHS. London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J., Towse, A. and Devlin, N. (2011)  Operationalising value based pricing of medicines: A taxonomy of approaches. OHE Research Paper 11/04. London: Office of Health Economics.

Watson, V., Sussex, J., Tetteh, E. and Ryan, M. (2011) Managing poorly performing clinicians: The value of independent help. OHE Research Paper 11/01. London: Office of Health Economics.

2010

Mestre-Ferrandiz, J., Garau, M., O’Neill, P. and Sussex, J. (2010) Assessments of the impact of orphan medicinal products on the European economy and society. OHE Consulting Report. London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J. (2010) Innovation in medicines: Can we value progress? OHE Seminar Briefing. (6). London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J., Shah, K. and Butler, J. (2010) The publicly funded vaccines market in Australia. OHE Consulting Report 10/02. London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J. and Shah, K. (2010) The publicly funded vaccines market in the UK. OHE Consulting Report 10/01. London: Office of Health Economics.

2009

Farrar, S., Yi, D., Sutton, M., Chalkley, M., Sussex, J. and Scott, A. (2009) Has payment by results affected the way that English hospitals provide care? Difference-in-differences analysis. British Medical Journal. 339, b3047.

Mestre-Ferrandiz, J. and Sussex, J. (2009) Forward Together: Complementarity of Public and Charitable Research with Respect to Private Research Spending. OHE Consulting Report. London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J. (2009a) How fair? Competition between independent and NHS providers to supply non-emergency hospital care to NHS patients in England. OHE Briefing. (50). London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J. (2009b) Paying for better outcomes – the English way. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 14(3), 131-132.

Sussex, J. and Farrar, S. (2009) Activity based funding for National Health Service hospitals in England: Managers’ experience and expectations. European Journal of Health Economics. 10(2), 197-206.

2008

Buxton, M., Hanney, S., Morris, S., Sundmacher, L., Garau, M., Mestre-Ferrandiz, J., Sussex, J., Grant, J., Ismail, S., Nason, E., Wooding, S. and Kapur, S. (2008) Medical research: What’s it worth? Report for the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust and the Academy of Medical Sciences. London: Office of Health Economics.

Chauhan, D. and Sussex, J. eds. (2008) Report of the Office of Health Economics Commission on NHS Outcomes, Performance and Productivity. London: Office of Health Economics.

2007

Farrar, S., Sussex, J., Yi, D., Sutton, M., Chalkley, M., Scott, T. and Ma, A. (2007) National evaluation of payment by results. Report to the Department of Health. London: Office of Health Economics.

Garau, M. and Sussex, J. (2007) Estimating pharmaceutical companies’ value to the national economy: Case study of the British Pharma Group. OHE Briefing. London: Office of Health Economics.

Wilson, E., Sussex, J., Macleod, C. and Fordham, R. (2007) Prioritizing health technologies in a primary care trust. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 12(2), 80-85.

2005

Sussex, J. and Sosa-Rubi, S. (2005) Paying for capital. In Preker, A.S. and Langenbrunner, J.C. eds. Spending wisely: Buying health services for the poor. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

2004

Sussex, J. (2004) Principles of capital financing and capital charging in health care systems. World Bank Health Nutrition and Population Discussion Paper. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Sussex, J. and Street, A. eds. (2004) Activity based funding for hospitals: English policy, international experience. London: Office of Health Economics.

2003

Mestre-Ferrandiz, J. and Sussex, J. eds. (2003) Institutions for industrial competitiveness in the international pharmaceutical industry. London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J. (2003a) Private provision of publicly funded hospital care: The story so far. In Private hospital healthcare Europe. London: Campden Publishing Ltd.

Sussex, J. (2003b) Public-private partnerships in hospital development: Lessons from the UK’s ‘Private Finance Initiative’. Research in Healthcare Financial Management. 8(1), 59-76.

Sussex, J. ed. (2003) Mental health economics and policy in a global context. OHE Seminar Briefing. (5) London: Office of Health Economics.

2002

Goddard, M. and Sussex, J. (2002) Long-term aims and short-term realities: The impact of the NHS/private sector concordat. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. 1(4), 165-169.

Sussex, J. (2002) The NHS and PFI. In Neville, T. ed. PFI: Practical perspectives. London: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Sussex, J. ed. (2002) Making the best of the private finance initiative in the NHS. OHE Seminar Briefing. (4). London: Office of Health Economics.

2001

Sussex, J. (2001) The economics of the Private Finance Initiative in the NHS. London: Office of Health Economics.

2000

Johnston, K. and Sussex, J. (2000) Surgical research and development in the National Health Service: Promotion, management, assessment. London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J. ed. (2000) Improving population health in industrialised nations. London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J. and Yuen, P. (2000) McKeown updated. In Sussex, J. ed. Improving population health in industrialised nations. London: Office of Health Economics.

Towse, A. and Sussex, J. (2000) Getting UK health care expenditure up to the EU mean. What does that mean? British Medical Journal. 320, 640-642.

1999

Sussex, J. and Marchant, N. eds. (1999) Risk and return in the pharmaceutical industry. London: Office of Health Economics.

1998

Sussex, J. (1998a) Competition and contestability between acute hospitals. London: Office of Health Economics.

Sussex, J. (1998b) Controlling NHS expenditure: The impact of Labour’s NHS White Papers. London: Office of Health Economics.