W. Bruce Vogel, Ph.D.

Until July 19, 2024, I was an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics (HOBI) at the University of Florida. Since my retirement, I have been Associate Professor Emeritus in HOBI. I am an economist by training with extensive experience in a broad array of health services research and health economics projects. My interests focus on applied mathematical and statistical modeling in the areas of outcomes, access, and costs across a variety of chronically-ill populations, including Medicaid enrollees, children, and veterans. Most recently, I was the lead principal investigator from 2016-2021 on a $3M evaluation of the Florida Managed Medical Assistance (MMA) Program, Florida’s statewide transition of Medicaid from fee-for-service to managed care. I was also involved in conducting analyses as a part of the Texas Medicaid External Quality Review Organization, including work on case-mix adjustment of capitation payment rates using the Chronic Illness and Disability Payment System (CDPS) and the development of risk-adjusted incentive payment programs for Medicaid health plans. Earlier in my career, I served as the Director of the Methodology Core at the VA Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center and the VA Center for Innovation in Disability and Rehabilitation Research as well as the Co-Director of the original Florida Health Insurance Study. I have also served on the VA’s Scientific Merit Review Board and the VA’s National Advisory Panel on Statistics and Analytics, and was an Associate Editor of BMC Health Services Research. My research has appeared in Medical Care, Health Services Research, Inquiry, Health Care Management Science, and Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, among others.

I have conducted a wide variety of health services research studies focused on state health policy issues. My work has included evaluations of Florida’s managed competition approach to health care reform along with numerous studies of the impact of health policy initiatives in Medicaid and SCHIP in both Florida and Texas. The hallmark of my state health policy work has been the development and use of innovative methodological approaches that exploit the particular empirical contexts at hand to ensure both high levels of rigor and timely relevance to policy. Representative publications include a. Vogel, W. Bruce, and M.K. Miller, “Florida’s Managed Competition Approach to Health Care Reform,” in J. Cantor, R. Scheffler, and L. Rossiter, eds., Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, vol. 15, Greenwich: JAI Press, 1995, pp. 185-207. b. Herndon JB, Vogel WB, Bucciarelli RL, Shenkman EA, “The Effect of Renewal Policy Changes on SCHIP Disenrollment,” HSR Health Services Research, 2008 Dec;43(6):2086-105. c. Herndon, J. B., S. L. Tomar, F. A. Catalanotto, W. B. Vogel, and E. A. Shenkman. 2014. “The Effect of Medicaid Primary Care Provider Reimbursement on Access to Early Childhood Caries Preventive Services.” Health Serv Res. 2015 Feb;50(1):136-60. I have also contributed significant work related to the quality, cost and financing of health care for children with special health care needs. This work complements my on-going state health policy work and extends my rehabilitation outcomes research across the lifespan. Representative publications include a. Shenkman, EA, WB Vogel, et al., “Race and Ethnicity and Identifying Children With Special Health Care Needs,” Health Care Financing Review, vol. 23, no. 2, Winter 2001. b. Shenkman E, Knapp C, Sappington D, Vogel B, Schatz D. (2007). “Persistence of High Health Care Expenditures among Children in Medicaid,” Med Care Res Rev. 64(3):304-30. c. Sappington DE, Aydede SK, Dick A, Vogel B, Shenkman E. “The effects of reinsurance in financing children’s health care.” Inquiry. 2006 Spring;43(1):23-33. Since 2000, I have developed an extensive research program related to rehabilitation health services within the Department of Veterans Affairs. In particular, I have conducted numerous studies of rehabilitation outcomes, utilization, and costs for VA stroke, amputee, and traumatic brain injury patients. This work has been characterized by a strong focus on policy relevant research to aid VA policymakers in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the VA health care system. Representative publications include a. Vogel WB, TE Barnett, D Reker, “Cost Differences in VHA Acute and Subacute Rehabilitation Units: Implications for VHA Resource Planning,” Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, vol. 47, no. 5, 2010, 431-440. b. Vogel, W.B., M. Rittman, P. Bradshaw, D. Nissen, L. Anderson, B. Bates, and C. Marshall, “Outcomes from Stroke Rehabilitation in Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Units: Detecting and Correcting for Selection Bias,” Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, vol. 39, no. 3, May/June 2002. c. Kurichi, J. E., D. Xie, B. E. Bates, D. C. Ripley, W. B. Vogel, P. Kwong, and M. G. Stineman. 2014. “Factors associated with home discharge among veterans with stroke.” Arch Phys Med Rehabil 95(7): 1277-82.e3. d. Stineman MG, Xei D, Kurichi JE, Kwong PL, Vogel WB, Cowper Ripley D, Bates BE. Comprehensive versus consultative rehabilitation services postacute stroke: Outcomes differ. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(7):1143–54. Lastly, I have made numerous contributions to the areas of applied mathematical and statistical modeling as it relates to health services and health policy research. a. Vogel WB, SM Gilbert, JB Herndon, P Dahm, “Advanced Topics in Evidence-Based Urological Oncology: Economic Analysis,” Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, vol. 29, no. 4, 2011, 454-61. b. Vogel, W. Bruce, Jeffrey W. Dwyer, and Amy J. Barton, “Decomposing Area of Residence Differences in Multiple Regression Studies: The Relative Contributions of Independent Variables and Model Coefficients,” Journal of Rural Health, vol. 10, no. 4, Fall 1994, pp. 258-265. c. Cote MJ, SS Syam, DC Cowper, W.B. Vogel. “A mixed integer programming model to locate traumatic brain injury units in the Department of Veterans Affairs: A case study,” Health Care Management Science, 2007, 10:253-267.