Atul Gupta

Atul Gupta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Care Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a Dorinda and Mark Winkelman Distinguished Faculty Scholar. His research interests include health economics, public finance, and industrial organization. He joined Wharton in 2017 after earning his PhD in Economics from Stanford University. His work explores various aspects of productivity in the U.S. health care system, including provider payment reforms and ownership structures. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research has been published in leading journals such as the American Economic Review and Health Affairs.

Atul Gupta is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in economics and healthcare. His research explores the intersection of economic incentives and healthcare outcomes, focusing on private equity investment in nursing homes, performance pay for hospitals, and the impact of policy reforms such as Medicare’s bundled payments. Gupta also examines the effects of privatization, corporatization, and pay-for-performance programs on healthcare spending and quality. His work highlights the role of market mechanisms in shaping healthcare delivery and cost efficiency, with a particular emphasis on hospital readmission reduction programs and the influence of insurance structures on treatment patterns and spending.