COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact of residents of long-term care facilities. In response, Connecticut hired Mathematica to conduct an independent assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the state’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities and develop short-term and long-term recommendations...

Patricia Rowan
- Long-term services and supports
- Quality measurement and public reporting
- Qualitative research methods
- Implementation evaluations
- Health
- Long-Term Services and Supports
- Medicaid and CHIP
- Medicare
- Quality Improvement
Patricia Rowan is a health services researcher with expertise in qualitative research methods, quality measurement and improvement, and long-term services and supports. Her areas of research include quality measurement in Medicaid and CHIP, technical assistance for quality reporting, and qualitative program evaluations.
Rowan currently directs a project for the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) focused on the use of quality rating systems in Medicaid managed care. She is also involved in Mathematica's COVID-19 profile, directing Mathematica's review of the impact of COVID-19 in Connecticut's long-term care facilities and contributing to research with the Rockefeller Foundation on COVID-19 testing protocols. Rowan also has subject matter expertise in the Medicaid Core Sets, and leads a team providing technical assistance and analytics for Medicaid health homes.
Before joining Mathematica in 2019, Rowan spent eight years at Abt Associates. She holds an M.P.P. from Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy.