Health Care Management

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Health Care Management

Measuring Inequality in Patient Access to Hospital Procedures

May 13, 2025 • 5 min read
Wharton’s Alon Bergman and Guy David have developed a metric that policymakers can use to help reduce inequality in health care.

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Health Care Management

Private Equity in Health Care: Investment Trends, Challenges, and Future Implications

March 19, 2025 • 8 min listen
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Health Care Management

Lessons from COVID-19: Health Care’s Progress and Shortcomings Five Years Later

March 12, 2025 • 8 min listen
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Why Are Hospitals So Expensive?

November 18, 2024 • 9 min read
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Bigger Hospitals, Better Care? Wharton Research Finds Benefits Are Only at the Operational Level

November 14, 2024 • 11 min listen

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Wealth and Health: How Financial Stability Impacts Your Well-being

October 17, 2024 • 15 min listen
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Health Care Showdown: How Each Presidential Candidate’s Plan Will Shape America’s Future

October 3, 2024 • 12 min listen
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Are Health Care Organizations Contributing to Racial Wealth Inequality?

August 13, 2024 • 4 min read
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How Can We Boost U.S. COVID Vaccination Rates?

August 13, 2024 • 4 min read
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How to Align Private Equity Motives with Nursing Home Outcomes

July 22, 2024 • 7 min read
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Why Are Private Equity Firms Buying Mental Health Clinics?

July 15, 2024 • 3 min read
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Private Equity Firms Are Investing in Mental Health? New Research Shows the Rise of these Investments

June 27, 2024 • 9 min listen
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Health Care Management

WebMD CMO: The Pandemic Accelerated Technological Changes in Health Care

March 26, 2024 • 9 min listen
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How Employers Are Reining in Prescription Drug Costs

March 25, 2024 • 4 min read
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How Do We Control the Rising Costs of Health Care?

March 7, 2024 • 10 min listen