Jose Pagan

Chair and Professor of the Department of Public Health Policy and Management

Professional overview

Dr. Pagán received his PhD in economics from the University of New Mexico and is a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar with expertise in health economics and population health. He has led research, implementation, and evaluation projects on the redesign of health care delivery and payment systems. He is interested in population health management, health care payment and delivery system reform, and the social determinants of health. Over the years his research has been funded through grants and contracts from the Department of Defense, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the European Commission, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, among others.

Dr. Pagán is Chair of the Board of Directors of NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public healthcare system in the United States. He also served as Chair of the National Advisory Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholars and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science and the American Society of Health Economists.

Areas of research and study

Applied Economics

Health Economics

Population Health

Public Health Policy

Publications

Publications

Timely postpartum visits for low-income women: A health system and medicaid payer partnership

Trends and sociodemographic disparities in sugary drink consumption among adults in New York City, 2009–2017

Why Are Some US Nonprofit Hospitals Not Addressing Opioid Misuse in Their Communities?

Assessing the Impact of Language Access Regulations on the Provision of Pharmacy Services

Decoding Nonadherence to Hypertensive Medication in New York City: A Population Segmentation Approach

Diabetes Management Through Remote Patient Monitoring: The Importance of Patient Activation and Engagement with the Technology

Implementing Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes for Geriatric Mental Healthcare in Long-Term Care Facilities

Measuring Efforts of Nonprofit Hospitals to Address Opioid Abuse After the Affordable Care Act

Patient Perception and Cost-Effectiveness of a Patient Navigation Program to Improve Breast Cancer Screening for Hispanic Women

Preface

Spatial enablement to support environmental, demographic, socioeconomics and health data integration and analysis for big cities: A case study with asthma hospitalizations in New York City

The Impact of Ritual Bathing in a Holy Hindu River on Waterborne Diseases

Assessing the role of access and price on the consumption of fruits and vegetables across New York City using agent-based modeling

Cost-effectiveness analysis of intensive hypertension control in China

Power Up for Health—Participants’ Perspectives on an Adaptation of the National Diabetes Prevention Program to Engage Men

Remote Patient Monitoring and Clinical Outcomes for Postdischarge Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Cost-effectiveness of a patient navigation program to improve cervical cancer screening

Delivery and Payment Redesign to Reduce Disparities in High Risk Postpartum Care

Identifying policy levers and opportunities for action across states to achieve health equity

Integrating principles from behavioral economics into patient navigation programs targeting cancer screening

Nutrition Label Use and Sodium Intake in the U.S.

Systems science simulation modeling to inform urban health policy and planning

Telementoring Primary Care Clinicians to Improve Geriatric Mental Health Care

Using systems science to inform population health strategies in local health departments: A case study in San Antonio, Texas

Who does not reduce their sodium intake despite being advised to do so? A population segmentation analysis