“Our department combines rigorous training in economics and management with a strong applied focus of this disciplinary training to critical issues in health care management and policy.”
Mark Pauly
Bendheim Professor; Professor of Health Care Systems, Business and Public Policy, Insurance and Risk Management, and Economics
Wharton's PhD program in Health Care Management and Economics provides an interdisciplinary health services research focus applicable across private and public sectors. The program combines intensive training in health care systems and health services research with advanced training in a traditional business discipline.
Faculty members engage in a broad range of research related to health care management, economics, and policy. Major areas of research currently include: the impact of insurance status on medical expenditure and reported health status; potential sources of disparities in cardiovascular care; effects of Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003; adoption and diffusion of medical innovations; effects of pharmaceutical safety events on stock prices; programs for reducing losses from natural disasters and providing funds for recovery following catastrophic events; and issues of biopharmaceutical product variety and innovation.
Doctoral students have opportunities to work closely with faculty at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, the Wharton Center for Health Management and Economics, and the world-leading University of Pennsylvania Health Care System.
Health Care Systems doctoral students predominantly come from a business, math, or social science background, and also include physicians, future physicians, and clinically trained professionals.
Faculty
| Chairperson Lawton R. Burns PhD Coordinator Mark V. Pauly Admissions Coordinator Joanne H. Levy Professors David A. Asch Lawton R. Burns Patricia M. Danzon Scott Harrington John C. Hershey John R. Kimberly Mark V. Pauly Arnold J. Rosoff J. Sanford Schwartz Jeffrey H. Silber Sankey Williams |
Associate Professors Henry Glick Daniel Polsky Assistant Professors Guy David Kevin G.M. Volpp |
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