Dr. Jay Pan (潘杰) is a Professor of Health Policy and currently serves as the Dean of the West China School of Public Health and President of the West China Fourth Hospital at Sichuan University. His research centers on value-based care and health system reform. His work has been published in The Lancet, Social Science & Medicine, and other leading journals.

Employment:

2025-present，West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital of Sichuan University, Dean

2017—2025, West China Fourth Hospital, Vice President

2012—present, West China School of Public Health at Sichuan University, Assistant Professor (2012-2014), Associate Professor (2014-2017), Professor (2017-present), Vice Dean (2017-present)

2012—present, West China Research Center for Rural Health Development at Sichuan University, Coordinator (2012-2016), Vice Director (2016-2018), Director (2018-present)

2017—2019, Chishui Municipal People’s Government, Vice Mayor

2014—2015, Blavatnik School of Government at University of Oxford, Academic Visitor

2009—2012, China Center for Health Economics at Peking University, Research fellow

Education and training:

Post Ph.D. in Public Health, 2013-2016, Sichuan University, China

Ph.D. in Economics, 2008-2012, Joint training Ph.D. Program of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, and Peking University, China

M. S. in Public Administration, 2007-2008, Southwestern University of Finance & Economics, China

B.S. in Business Administration, 2005, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China

Teaching:

Undergraduate Courses: Statistics, Health Statistics

Graduate Courses: Quantitative Methods in Health Policy and Management

Training Courses: Applied Econometrics in Health

Papers in English (*corresponding author)

1.Pan J., Levinson W., Wei X., Lu L*. Advancing the “Choosing Wisely” campaign to reduce low-value care in China. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 2026, forthcoming.

2.Wang Q, Ao L, Tan K, Yan X*, Pan J*. Does bypassing nearby hospitals for high-quality care reduce case fatality among stroke inpatients? A retrospective study of 328,206 cases. BMJ Quality & Safety, 2026, forthcoming.

3.Wang J, Chen X, Zhang Y, ..., Chen C, ..., Lai H*, Pan J*. An evidence-informed Delphi study of ambulatory care sensitive conditions in China: a policy tool to assess primary care performance. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 2025, 64:101734.

4.Xueer W, Qingping X.*, Pan J.*. Primary healthcare quality of migraine in China: a study using unannounced standardised patients. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific，2025; 59: 101594.

5.Chen N, Coyte P., Pan J*. Does the reduction in obstetric hospitals result in an unintended decreased in-hospital delivery utilisation? A causal multilevel analysis in China. BMJ Public Health, 2025;3:e001683.

6.Peng Z., Pan J*. Does pro-competition healthcare reforms always bring health benefits? Health System & Reform, 2025; 11: 2507975.

7.Pan J†, Wei X†, Lu H, Wu X, Li C, Hai X, Lan T, Dong Q, Yang Y, Jakovljevic M, Zhou J*.List prices and clinical value of anticancer drugs in China, Japan, and South Korea: A retrospective comparative study. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific，2024, 47: 101088.

8.Zhou J, Lan T, Lu H, Pan J*. Price negotiation and pricing of anticancer drugs in China: An observational study. PLOS Medicine, 2024, 21(1): e1004332.

9.Cao P, Pan J*. Understanding Factors Influencing Geographic Variation in Healthcare Expenditures: A Small Areas Analysis Study. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing, 2024. #高被引论文

10.Pan J, Deng Y, Yang Y, Zhang Y*. Location-allocation modelling for rational health planning: applying a two-step optimization approach to evaluate the spatial accessibility improvement of newly added tertiary hospitals in a metropolitan city of China. Social Science & Medicine. 2023, 338:116296. #高被引论文&热点论文

11.Lan T, Chen L, Hu Y, Wang J, Tan K, Pan J*.  Measuring Low-Value Care in Hospital Discharge Records: Evidence from China. The Lancet Regional Health- Western Pacific. 2023, 38:100887.

12.Cai M(†), Lin X(†), Wang X, Zhang S, Wang C, Zhang Z, Pan J*, Lin H*. Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter chemical composition and in-hospital case fatality among patients with stroke in China. Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific 2023, 32: 100679. #高被引论文

13.Ju K*, Lu L, Yang J, Chen T, Duan Z, Xu Z, Zhang E, Wang W, Pan J*. Identifying the causal effects of long-term exposure to PM2.5 and ground surface ozone on individual medical costs in China: evidence from a representative longitudinal nationwide cohort. BMC Medicine. 2023, 21: 127.

14.Li J, Huang C, Yang Y, Liu J, Lin X*, Pan J*. How nursing students’ risk perception affected their professional commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating effects of negative emotions and moderating effects of psychological capital. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications. 2023, 10, 195. #高被引论文

15.Chen L, Chen T, Lan T, Chen C*, Pan J*. The contributions of population distribution, healthcare resourcing, and transportation infrastructure to spatial accessibility of health care. INQUIRY-The Journal Of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing. 2023, 60:1-16. #高被引论文&热点论文

16.Xue Q, Xu D, Cheng TC, Pan J*, Yip W. The relationship between hospital ownership, in-hospital mortality, and medical expenses: an analysis of three common conditions in China. Archives of Public Health 2023; 81: 19.  #高被引论文

17.Pan J, Chen C*. Reducing universal health coverage regional disparities in China. Lancet Public Health, 2022, 7: e985-e986.

18.Lan T, Hu Y, Cheng L, Chen L, Guan X, Yang Y, GUO Y*, Pan J*. Floods and diarrheal morbidity: Evidence on the relationship, effect modifiers, and attributable risk from Sichuan Province, China. Journal of Global Health. 2022, 12:11007. #高被引论文

19.Cai M(†), Lin X(†), Wang X, Zhang S, Qian Z, McMillin S, Aaron H, Lin H, Wei J*, Zhang Z*, Pan J*. Ambient particulate matter pollution of different sizes associated with recurrent stroke hospitalization in China: a cohort study of 1.07 million stroke patients. Science of The Total Environment. 2022, 5: 159104. #高被引论文

20.Xu DR, Cai Y, Wang X, Chen Y, Gong W, Liao J, Zhou J, Zhou Z, Zhang N, Tang C, Mi B, Lu Y, Wang R, Zhao Q, He W, Liang H, Li J, Pan J. Improving Data Surveillance Resilience Beyond COVID-19: Experiences of Primary heAlth Care quAlity Cohort In ChinA (ACACIA) Using Unannounced Standardized Patients. American Journal of Public Health. 2022,112(6):913–922.

21.Cai M, Zhang S, Lin X, Qian Z, McMillin S, Yang Y, Zhang Z, Pan J*, Lin H*. Association of ambient particulate matter pollution of different sizes with in-hospital case fatality among stroke patients in China. Neurology. 2022, 98(24). #高被引论文

22.Lin X, Lu L, Pan J*. Hospital market competition and health technology diffusion: an empirical study of the use of laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis in China. Social Science & Medicine, 2021, 286, 114316.

23.Zhang Y, Yang H, Pan J*. Gaining from rational health planning: spatial reallocation of top-tier general hospital beds in China. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021, 157: 107344.

24.Yip W, Chen A, Fu H, Zhai, T, Jian W, Xu R, Pan J, Zhou Z, Chen Q, Mao W, Sun Q, Hu M, Chen W. 10 years of health-care reform in China: progress and gaps in universal health coverage. The Lancet, 2019, 394(10204): 1192-1204. #高被引论文

25.Lu L, Pan J*. The association of hospital competition with inpatient costs of stroke：evidence from China. Social Science & Medicine, 2019, 230: 234-245.

26.Wang X, Yang H, Duan Z, Pan J*. Spatial accessibility of primary health care in China: A case study in Sichuan Province. Social Science & Medicine, 2018, 209: 14-24. #高被引论文

27.Pan J, Zhao H, Wang X, Shi X. Assessing Spatial Access to Public and Private Hospitals in Sichuan, China: The Influence of the Private Sector on the Healthcare Geography in China. Social Science & Medicine, 2016, 170: 35-45.

28.Pan J, Lei X, Liu GG. Health insurance and health status: exploring the causal effect from a policy intervention. Health Economics, 2016, 25(11): 1389-1402.

29.Pan J, Tian S, Zhou Q, Han W. Benefit Distribution of Social Health Insurance: Evidence from China’s Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance. Health Policy and Planning, 2016, 31(7): 853-859.

30.Qin X, Pan J*. The Medical Cost Attributable to Obesity and Overweight in China: Estimation Based on Longitudinal Surveys. Health Economics, 2016, 25(10): 1291-1311.

31.Pan J, Liu D, Ali S. Patient Dissatisfaction in China: What Matters. Social Science & Medicine, 2015, 143: 145-153.

32.Pan J, Qin X, Li Q, Messina JP, Delamater PL. Does Hospital Competition Improve Health Care Delivery in China? China Economic Review, 2015, 33: 179-199.

33.Tian S, Zhou Q, Pan J*. Inequality in Social Health Insurance Programs in China: A Theoretical Approach. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2015, 8(1): 56-68.

34.Qin X, Pan J*, Liu GG. Does Participating in Health Insurance Benefit the Migrant Workers in China? An Empirical Investigation. China Economic Review, 2014,30: 263-278.

35.Pan J, Liu GG, Gao C. How Does Separating Government Regulatory and Operational Control of Public Hospitals Matter to Healthcare Supply? China Economic Review, 2013, 27: 1-14.

36.Pan J, Qin X, Liu GG. The Impact of Body Size on Urban Employment. China Economic Review, 2013, 27: 249-263.

37.Pan J, Liu GG. The Determinants of Chinese Provincial Government Health Expenditures. Health Economics, 2012, 21(7): 757-777.