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Dr Rachel Milte is an Matthew Flinders Senior Research Fellow in the Health and Social Care Economics Group, College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She also holds an adjunct Research Fellow position at University of South Australia.
With training in health, research methodology and economics, Dr Milte has established a career in health economics with particular strength and focus on understanding the €˜value' to consumers of health and aged care services. Her contributions to the field so far have included developing a mixed methods approach incorporating qualitative and discrete choice experiments (DCE) to understand the preferences of older adults and their informal carers for aged care and health services.
Additionally, Dr Milte regularly undertake economic evaluations alongside clinical trials, particularly focusing on interventions aiming to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of specialised patient populations such as rehabilitation patients with complex needs, frail older adults, adults living with severe mental illness, and indigenous Australians living with dementia. Her current work includes leading the economic evaluations for multiple NHMRC funded research projects.
Research Interests
Aged care
Nutrition and dietary interventions for older adults
Restorative models of care for older adults (including those with cognitive impairment)
Health care costs and economic evaluation of healthcare interventions
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A comparison of dietary quality and nutritional adequacy of popular energy-restricted diets against the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating and the Mediterranean Diet
Bracci, E. L., Keogh, J. B., Milte, R. & Murphy, K. J., 21 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Nutrition. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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A preference for quality: Australian general public's willingness to pay for home and residential aged care
Kaambwa, B., Chen, G., Khadka, J., Milte, R., Mpundu-Kaambwa, C., Woods, T-J. & Ratcliffe, J., 1 Nov 2021, In: Social Science and Medicine. 289, p. 114425 19 p., 114425.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Associations Between Quality of Life and Outdoor Access in Nursing Homes: A Cross-Sectional Study
Dyer, S. M., Liu, E., Gnanamanickam, E., Harrison, S. L., Milte, R. & Crotty, M., 12 Feb 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Annals of Long-Term Care. p. e1-e7 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing dimensions for a new preference-based quality of life instrument for older people receiving aged care services in the community
Cleland, J., Hutchinson, C., McBain, C., Walker, R., Milte, R., Khadka, J. & Ratcliffe, J., Feb 2021, In: Quality of Life Research. 30, 2, p. 555-565 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quality of care experience in aged care: An Australia-Wide discrete choice experiment to elicit preference weights
Chen, G., Ratcliffe, J., Milte, R., Khadka, J. & Kaambwa, B., Nov 2021, In: Social Science and Medicine. 289, 10 p., 114440.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review