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Susan Miller, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor (Research) of Community Health
Professor Miller studies the quality of care in nursing homes for persons near the end of life. Her research also focuses on access to and utilization of healthcare services by older adults as well as the effect healthcare payment policies have on access and utilization. She is particularly interested in research on older adults from minority race/ethnic groups, and with life-limiting illness and/or Alzheimer's disease or dementia. Dr. Miller's current research includes an AlzheimerÆs Association-funded study aimed at understanding the quality of hospice care provided to persons with advanced dementia, and together with colleagues from Butler, Memorial and Rhode Island hospitals, a project to develop a centralized data management system to enhance the potential for conducting research on neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Miller is also working on an Agency for Health Care Quality-funded study to understand how organizational and market characteristics influence the presence of hospice care in nursing homes.
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, 1997
Public Health with Gerontology Concentration, Epidemiology Collateral
M.B.A. Golden Gate University, (Los Angeles Extension), 1982
Health Services Management
B.S. Mercy College of Detroit, 1974
Medical Record Science
For more information, please see http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Susan_Miller