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Homepage / Team / Vogt, Verena

Vogt, Verena

Prof. Dr. Verena Vogt

W2 - Professor of Quantitative Health Services Research

Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine,
Jena University Hospital

Bachstraße 18
07743 Jena

Phone: 03641/9-395833
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Verena Vogt has been Professor of Quantitative Health Services Research with a focus on primary care and statutory health insurance claims data at Jena University Hospital since 2023. She heads the research unit “Quantitative Health Services Research” at the Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine and serves as Co-Speaker of the Center for Health Services Research at Jena University Hospital.

Prior to her current position, Verena held the junior professorship for Health Services Research and Quality Management in the Outpatient Sector at the Technical University of Berlin from 2020 to 2023. In 2017, she received her doctorate (Dr. Public Health) with distinction from the Technical University of Berlin and subsequently spent a research year at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Sydney. She studied Health Communication (BSc) and Public Health (MSc) at Bielefeld University and the University of Sheffield. In addition, she serves as a Section Editor for the journal “Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen” (ZEFQ).

 

Research Interests

  • Mapping and analysing (cross-sectoral) care pathways using innovative quantitative methods based on statutory health insurance claims data
  • Measuring quality of care – in particular overuse – in statutory health insurance claims data
  • Regional challenges in healthcare provision (small-area health services research)
  • Evaluation of integrated and innovative care programmes

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

  • Since June 1, 2023: University Professor (W2) for Quantitative Health Services Research (Focus on Primary Care and Routine Data), Institute of General Medicine, Jena University Hospital

  • 01/2020 – 05/2023: Assistant Professor (W1) for Health Services Research and Quality Management in the Ambulatory Sector, Technische Universität Berlin

  • 09/2012 – 12/2019: Research Associate, Health Economics Center Berlin (BerlinHECOR), Department of Healthcare Management, Technische Universität Berlin

  • 05/2017 – 11/2017: Visiting Scholar, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Division Value in Health Care, University of Sydney

  • 11/2011 – 08/2012: Research Associate, Working Group Epidemiology & International Public Health, Bielefeld University

  • 07/2010 – 10/2011: Graduate Research Assistant, Working Group Epidemiology & International Public Health, Bielefeld University

  • 08/2008 – 10/2008: Research Intern, Department of Cultural Diversity & Youth, Utrecht University

  • 04/2008 – 06/2010: Student Assistant, WHO Collaborating Center for Child & Adolescent Health, Bielefeld University

Education

  • 09/2012 – 05/2017: Doctor of Public Health (Dr. PH), Technische Universität Berlin

  • 10/2009 – 10/2011: Master of Science in Public Health (MSc), Faculty of Health Sciences, Bielefeld University

  • 09/2010 – 02/2011: Semester Abroad (Master of Public Health), School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield

  • 10/2006 – 10/2009: Bachelor of Science in Health Communication (BSc), Faculty of Health Sciences, Bielefeld University

Professional Affiliations

  • German Association for Health Economics (DGGÖ)

  • German Network for Evidence-based Medicine (DNEbM)

  • German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF)

  • German Society for Public Health (DGPH)

  • German Alliance for Global Health Research

Publications

Journal Articles

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Konowski K, Schulz S, Vogt V. Working time distribution of Thuringian general practitioners: Piloting a time-motion study to compare time spent on administrative tasks and direct patient care [Arbeitszeitverteilung thüringischer Hausärzte: Pilotierung einer Time-Motion-Studie zum Vergleich des Zeitaufwands für administrative Aufgaben und direkte Patientenversorgung]. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. 2026.

  • Pioch C, Hildebrandt M, Goetz G, Vogt V. Effectiveness and mechanisms of interventions to reduce low-value thyroid function tests: a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 2026;15:111.

  • Schmidt R, Slotina E, Meissner F, Metelmann M, Ilse B, Vogt V, Freytag A. Palliative care pathways in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): a sequence analysis of health claims data. BMC Palliative Care. 2025 Jul 14;24(1):200.

  • Langenberger B, Siegel M, Busse R, Vogt V. Health economic evaluation of a medication safety intervention in elderly care: identifying causal effects in a multi-center quasi-experimental study design. BMC Health Services Research. 2025 May 30;25(1):773.

  • Hildebrandt M, Pioch C, Dammertz L, Ihle P, Nothacker M, Schneider U, Swart E, Busse R, Vogt V. Quantifying Low-Value Care in Germany: An Observational Study Using Statutory Health Insurance Data From 2018 to 2021. Value in Health. 2024.

  • Quentin W, Achstetter K, Pita Barros P, Blankart CR, Fattore G, Jeurissen P, Kwon S, Laba T, Or Z, Papanicolas I, Polin K, Shuftan N, Sutherland J, Vogt V, Vrangbaek K, Wendt C. Health Policy – the best evidence for better policies. Health Policy. 2023;127(9).

  • Pioch C, Henschke C, Lantzsch, Busse R, Vogt V. Applying a data-driven population segmentation approach in German claims data. BMC Health Services Research. 2023;23:591.

  • Ihle P, Schneider U, Vogt V. 5 key questions for health services research – Are statutory health insurance routine data suitable for your research project? [5 Leitfragen für die Versorgungsforschung – Eignen sich GKV Routinedaten für Ihr Forschungsvorhaben?]. Das Gesundheitswesen. 2023;85:1–7.

  • Slagman A, Hoffman F, Horenkamp-Sonntag D, Swart E, Vogt V, Herrmann WJ. Analysis of routine data in health research: Validity, generalizability, and challenges [Analyse von Routinedaten in der Gesundheitsforschung: Validität, Generalisierbarkeit und Herausforderungen]. Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin. 2023;99:89–92.

  • Langenberger B, Thoma A, Vogt V. Can minimal clinically important differences in patient reported outcome measures be predicted by machine learning in patients with total knee or hip arthroplasty? A systematic review. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2022;22(1).

  • Struckmann V, Vogt V, Köppen J, Busse R, Looman W, Rutten-van Mölken M. Preferences of patients, family caregivers, providers, payers and policy makers for integrated care in Germany: a discrete-choice experiment [Präferenzen von Patienten, pflegenden Angehörigen, Leistungserbringern, Kostenträgern und politischen Entscheidungsträgern bei der integrierten Versorgung in Deutschland: ein Discrete-Choice-Experiment]. Das Gesundheitswesen. 2022;84(12):1145–1153.

  • Langenberger B, Baier N, Hanke FC, Fahrentholz J, Gorny C, Sehlen S, Reber KC, Liersch S, Radomski R, Haftenberger J, Heppner HJ, Busse R, Vogt V. The detection and prevention of adverse drug events in nursing home and home care patients: Study protocol of a quasi‐experimental study. Nursing Open. 2021;00:1–9.

  • Baier N, Pieper J, Schweikart J, Busse R, Vogt V. Capturing modelled and perceived spatial access to ambulatory health care services in rural and urban areas in Germany. Social Science & Medicine. 2020.

  • Ex P, Vogt V, Busse R, Henschke C. The reimbursement of new medical technologies in German inpatient care: What factors explain which hospitals receive innovation payments? Health Economics Policy and Law. 2019.

  • Hsaio A, Vogt V, Quentin W. Effect of corruption on perceived difficulties in healthcare access in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS ONE. 2019;14(8):e0220583.

  • Pieper J, Schmitz J, Baier N, Vogt V, Busse R, Schweikart J. Geographic access to healthcare vs. patient perception [Geographischer Zugang zur Gesundheitsversorgung versus Patientenwahrnehmung]. AGIT Journal für Angewandte Geoinformatik. 2019;5:14–24.

  • Swanson O, Vogt V, Sundmacher L, Hagen TP, Anders T. Continuity of care and its effect on readmissions for COPD patients: A comparative study of Norway and Germany. Health Policy. 2018;122(7):737–745.

  • Vogt V, Scholz SM, Sundmacher L. Applying sequence clustering techniques to explore practice-based ambulatory care pathways in insurance claims data. European Journal of Public Health. 2018;28(2):214–219.

  • Rutten-van Mölken M, Leijten F, Hoedemakers M, Tsiachristas A, Verbeek N, Karimi M, Bal R, de Bont A, Islam K, Askildsen JE, Czypionka T, Kraus M, Huiĉ M, Pitter JG, Vogt V, Stokes J, Baltaxe E. Strengthening the evidence-base of integrated care for people with multi-morbidity in Europe using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). BMC Health Services Research. 2018;18:576.

  • Vogt V, Koller D, Sundmacher L. Continuity of care in the ambulatory sector and hospital admissions among patients with heart failure in Germany. European Journal of Public Health. 2016;26(4):555–561.

  • Vogt V. The contribution of locational factors to regional variations in office-based physicians in Germany. Health Policy. 2016;120(2):198–204.

  • Siegel M, Koller D, Vogt V, Sundmacher L. Developing a composite index of spatial accessibility across different health care sectors: a German example. Health Policy. 2016;120(2):205–212.

  • Vogt V, Sundmacher S, Witzheller KB, Baier N, Creutz T, Henschke C. Mortality associated with tobacco and alcohol consumption – Benchmarking regional trends and levels [Mit Tabak- und Alkoholkonsum assoziierte Mortalität - Ein Benchmarking regionaler Trends und Niveaus]. Das Gesundheitswesen. 2016;78(06):378–386.

  • Vogt V, Siegel M, Sundmacher L. Examining regional variation in the use of cancer screening in Germany. Social Science & Medicine. 2014;110:74–80.

  • Voigtländer S*, Vogt V*, Mielck A, Razum O. Explanatory models concerning the effects of small-area characteristics on individual health. International Journal of Public Health. 2014;59(3):427–438. *shared first authorship

  • Siegel M, Vogt V, Sundmacher L. From a conservative to a liberal welfare state: Decomposing changes in income-related health inequalities in Germany, 1994–2011. Social Science & Medicine. 2014;108:10–19.

  • Sundmacher S, Götz N, Vogt V. Statistical methods in small-area health services research [Statistische Methoden in der kleinräumigen Versorgungsforschung]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 2014;57:174–179.

  • Bohn [now Vogt] V, Richter M. School type, social capital, and subjective health in adolescence [Schulform, soziales Kapital und subjektive Gesundheit in der Adoleszenz]. Das Gesundheitswesen. 2012;74:691–701.

  • Bohn [now Vogt] V, Rathmann K, Richter M. Psychosocial health in adolescence: The significance of school type, age, and gender [Psychosoziale Gesundheit im Jugendalter. Die Bedeutung von Schultyp, Alter und Geschlecht]. Das Gesundheitswesen. 2010;72:293–300.

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Freytag A, Vogt V. Less healthy despite new medications [Weniger gesund trotz neuer Medikamente]. Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin. 2025.

  • Vogt V, Busse R, Dammertz L, et al. Assessing indication quality using statutory health insurance routine data [Erfassung von Indikationsqualität mithilfe von GKV-Routinedaten]. Public Health Forum. 2022;30(3):164–166.

  • Vogt V, Geene R, Rasch L. Regional outpatient care – Opportunities for municipal influence on improving outpatient medical care, considering a growing, aging, and increasingly diverse population in the district [Regionale ambulante Versorgung – Einflussmöglichkeiten der kommunalen Hand auf die Verbesserung der ambulanten ärztlichen Versorgung unter Berücksichtigung einer wachsenden, alternden und zunehmend diversen Bevölkerung im Bezirk]. Expert report commissioned by the Municipal Policy Forum Berlin; 2021.

  • Busse R, Vogt V, Elshaug A, Huynh Tai M, Levinson W. Can We Lower Low-value Care? Policy Measures and Lessons in Australia, Canada, England, France, and Germany. The Commonwealth Fund, New York; 2017.

  • Vogt V, Sundmacher S. Gaps in cancer screening [Lücken bei der Krebsvorsorge]. Gesundheit und Gesellschaft (G+G). 2015;18(5).

Books

  • Quentin W, Busse R, Vogt V, Czihal T, Offermans M, Grobe T, Focke K. Development of a system for classifying morbidity-related care needs (PopGroup) [Entwicklung eines Systems zur Klassifikation des morbiditätsbezogenen Versorgungsbedarfs (PopGroup)]. In: Repschläger et al., eds. Healthcare Current 2020 [Gesundheitswesen aktuell 2020]. Cologne: BARMER Institute for Health System Research; 2020.

  • Vogt V, Ermann H. Regional variations in care [Regionale Variationen in der Versorgung]. In: Razum O, Kolip P, eds. Handbook of Health Sciences [Handbuch Gesundheitswissenschaften]. Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Juventa; 2020.

  • Vogt V, Sundmacher S. Regional differences in early detection of cancer [Regionale Unterschiede in der Früherkennung von Krebserkrankungen]. In: BKK Report 2015.

  • Richter M, Rathmann K, Bohn [now Vogt] V, Lampert T. Education and health in Germany: A research overview [Bildung und Gesundheit in Deutschland. Ein Forschungsüberblick]. In: Brähler E, Kiess J, Schubert C, Kiess W, eds. Healthy and Educated: Prerequisites for a Modern Society [Gesund und gebildet. Voraussetzungen für eine moderne Gesellschaft]. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht; 2012:44–70.

  • Richter M, Bohn [now Vogt] V, Lampert T. Children and adolescents: The health of the growing generation [Kinder und Jugendliche: Die Gesundheit der heranwachsenden Generation]. In: Schott T, Hornberg C, eds. Society and Its Health: 20 Years of Public Health in Germany – Review and Outlook [Die Gesellschaft und ihre Gesundheit. 20 Jahre Public Health in Deutschland: Bilanz und Ausblick]. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag; 2011:489–508.

Conferences

Invited Lectures

  • Reducing overuse – towards a sustainable healthcare system [Überversorgung reduzieren – auf dem Weg zu einem nachhaltigen Gesundheitssystem] (Presentation). Lecture Series Sustainability and Medicine; 2023; Kiel.

  • Sustainability in health services research [Nachhaltigkeit in der Versorgungsforschung] (Presentation). Scientific Working Days of the DGP; 2023; Göttingen.

  • Quality management in the ambulatory sector with special emphasis on care pathways and integrated care [Qualitätsmanagement im ambulanten Sektor mit besonderer Bedeutung der Versorgungspfade und der integrierten Versorgung] (Presentation). 15th Zurich Health Days; 2023; Zurich.

  • Keynote address: Operationalization of care pathways in statutory health insurance routine data [Operationalisierung von Versorgungspfaden in GKV Routinedaten]. Charité Forum for Health Services Research Methods; 2021; Berlin.

  • Regional variations in health care supply and their potential impact on health care use. Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), 3rd Workshop on an Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Contextual Effects on Health Inequalities; 2016; Bielefeld.

  • Mapping care pathways in cross-sectoral statutory health insurance routine data of heart failure patients [Abbildung von Versorgungspfaden in sektorenübergreifenden GKV-Routinedaten von Herzinsuffizienzpatienten]. Helmholtz Zentrum München, Research Seminar Health Economics and Management; 2016; Munich.

Conference Presentations

  • Inappropriate surgeries and procedures in the inpatient sector: Quantifying trend and extent using DRG statistics [Unangemessene Operationen und Prozeduren im stationären Sektor: Quantifizierung des Trends und des Ausmaßes anhand der DRG-Statistik]. German Congress for Health Services Research (DKVF); 2018; Berlin.

  • Applying sequence clustering techniques to explore practice-based ambulatory care pathways in insurance claims data. Health Services & Policy Research Conference; 2017; Gold Coast, Australia.

  • Sequence analysis as a method for presenting cross-sectoral care pathways using the example of heart failure [Sequenzanalyse als Methode zur Darstellung sektorenübergreifender Versorgungspfade am Beispiel von Herzinsuffizienz]. German Congress for Health Services Research (DKVF); 2016; Berlin.

  • Measuring continuity of care in routine data using the example of heart failure [Die Messung kontinuierlicher Versorgung in Routinedaten am Beispiel von Herzinsuffizienz]. Methods Workshop of the Working Group for Secondary Data Collection and Utilization (AGENS); 2015; Freiburg.

  • What contribution do locational factors make to explaining regional maldistribution of panel physicians? [Welchen Beitrag leisten Standortfaktoren zur Erklärung der regionalen Ungleichverteilung niedergelassener Vertragsärzte?]. Congress of the German Association for Health Economics (DGGÖ); 2015; Bielefeld.

  • What do locational factors contribute to the explanation of regional variation in office-based physicians? Wennberg International Conference; 2015; Berlin.

  • The influence of continuous treatment of heart failure patients on potentially avoidable hospitalizations [Der Einfluss kontinuierlicher Behandlung von Patienten mit Herzinsuffizienz auf potentiell vermeidbare Krankenhausaufenthalte]. Congress of the DGGÖ; 2014; Munich.

  • The effect of continuity of ambulatory care on hospitalisations of patients with heart failure in Germany. Congress of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA); 2014; Glasgow.

  • Regional differences in the utilization of preventive services in Germany [Regionale Unterschiede in der Inanspruchnahme präventiver Leistungen in Deutschland]. Poverty and Health Congress; 2013; Berlin.

  • A spatial analysis of inequalities in the utilization of preventive services in Germany [Eine räumliche Analyse von Ungleichheiten in der Inanspruchnahme präventiver Leistungen in Deutschland]. Congress of the DGGÖ; 2013; Essen.

  • The influence of panel physician density on the utilization of secondary preventive services in Germany – A spatial analysis [Der Einfluss der Vertragsarztdichte auf die Inanspruchnahme sekundärer präventiver Leistungen in Deutschland - Eine räumliche Analyse]. German Congress for Health Services Research (DKVF); 2013; Berlin.

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