The Health Care Management Department is one of the oldest, most distinguished, and most comprehensive in the health care field.
The Health Care Management Department is the Wharton School’s base for scholarship, education, and innovative thinking related to the business, management and policy of health care services, health care technology, and health care financing.
The department sponsors three educational programs: The PhD in Health Care Management and Economics, The MBA Program in Health Care Management, and the BS in Economics with a Concentration in Health Care Management and Policy.
To learn more about the Health Care Management Department, visit: A Brief History of the HC Department.
New Health Care Initiative: HEALS
The Wharton School has recently launched the Wharton Health Care Excellence and Leadership Strategy (HEALS) Initiative.
Faculty
Wharton’s Health Care Management faculty is a vital community of internationally renowned scholars who have spent their careers following the evolution of health care services and technology, domestically and globally, and researching important management and economic questions arising from all aspects of this complex enterprise. The HCMG faculty collaborate with medical, engineering, nursing, and other faculty from around the university to create interdisciplinary research and knowledge.
Ingrid Nembhard, Chairperson
Learn about our Faculty by exploring profiles highlighting research interests, publications, and ongoing projects.
Featured Faculty
research interests:
health economics, public economics, pharmaceutical policy, applied econometrics
Research Innovation
Academic Programs
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