The Wharton Center for Health Management and Economics seeks strategic partnerships with health care companies and offers corporate members access to applied research, customized executive education programs, and assistance with recruiting within the Wharton Health Care MBA program.
Mission:
- Create and disseminate leading edge research on emerging topics in health management and economics.
- Serve as a mechanism for corporate partners to access Wharton faculty and students in both research and conference settings, as well as to dialogue with one another in meetings hosted at Wharton.
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Contact
Information:
Lawton
Burns, Ph.D, Director
Center for Health Management and Economics
The Wharton School
3641 Locust Walk, Room 203 CPC
Philadelphia, PA 19104
email: BurnsL@wharton.upenn.edu
Phone: 215-898-3711
Assistant: Elana Pottorff, 215-898-4268, pottorff@wharton.upenn.edu
Competitive Advantage:
- # 1 Ranked Health Management Department
- Top 3 Ranked Business School
- Only Top 10 Business School with Health Management Department
- Only Top 10 Business School with Health Care Research Center
- Strong Ties to Life Sciences Industry
- Strong Ties to Firms in the Health Care Value Chain: Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Group Purchasing Organizations, Integrated Delivery Networks, Federal Trade Commission
- Ties to Other Wharton Research Centers