Edward Miller is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Community Health, and Faculty Associate at the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at Brown University. After receiving his Ph.D. in 2003 in Political Science and Health Services Organization and Policy from the University of Michigan, he completed a postodoctoral fellowship in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University. Dr. Miller also holds a M.P.A. from Cornell University, and has spent time in New Zealand as a Fulbright scholar and the Congressional Research Service as a social policy analyst focusing on aging and retirement issues. His current research focuses on understanding the determinants and effects of federal and state policies affecting vulnerable populations, including the frail and disabled elderly, mentally ill, veterans, and urban underserved. His specializations include health politics and policy, aging and long-term care, telemedicine and e-health, intergovernmental relations, organization behavior, and program implementation and evaluation. In addition to running the graduate student internship program at the Taubman Center for Public Policy, Dr. Miller teaches a junior-senior seminar in health policy in the fall and a graduate policy analysis course in the spring.

Selected Publications:

Edward A. Miller, Darrell M. West. 2007. Characteristics Associated with Use of Public and Private Websites as Sources of Health Care Information: Results from a National Survey. Medical Care. 45(3):245-251.

Edward A. Miller, Vincent Mor. 2007. Bridging the HIT Gap: Getting from Here to There in Long-Term Care? Long-Term Care Interface. 8(2):41-46.

Mark Booth, Edward A. Miller, Vincent Mor. 2007. Through the Looking Glass: Toward a Brighter Future for Long-Term Care in a Greying New Zealand. The New Zealand Medical Journal. 120(1249):1-5.

Edward A. Miller, William G. Weissert. 2007. Geography Still Dictates Rx Coverage for Many Near-Poor Seniors and Disabled Persons. Journal of Aging and Social Policy. 19(1):77-96.

Darrell M. West, Edward A. Miller. 2006. The Digital Divide in Public E-Health: Barriers to Accessibility and Privacy in State Health Department Websites. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Undeserved. 17(3):652-666.

Edward A. Miller. 2006. Explaining Incremental and Non-Incremental Change: Medicaid Nursing Facility Reimbursement Policy, 1980-1998. State Politics and Policy Quarterly. 6(2):117-150.

Edward A. Miller. 2006. Bureaucratic Policy Making on Trial: Medicaid Nursing Facility Reimbursement, 1988-1998. Medical Care Research and Review. 63(2):189-216.

Edward A. Miller, Robert A. Rosenheck. 2006. Risk of Nursing Home Placement in Association with Mental Illness Nationally in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Medical Care. 44(4):343-351.

Edward A. Miller. 2006. Federal Oversight, State Policy Making and the Courts: An Empirical Analysis of Nursing Facility Litigation Under the Boren Amendment. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 3(1):145-174.

Robert A. Rosenheck, Douglas L. Leslie, Jody L. Sindelar, Edward A. Miller, et al. 2006. Cost Effectiveness of First and Second Generation Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Chronic Schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry. 163(12):2080-2089.

Edward A. Miller, Jane Banaszak-Holl. 2005. Cognitive and Normative Determinants of State Policy Making Behavior: Lessons from the Sociological Institutionalism. Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 35(2):191-216.

Edward A. Miller. 2005. State Health Policy Making Determinants, Theory and Methods: A Synthesis. Social Science and Medicine. 61(12):2639-2657.

William G. Weissert, Edward A. Miller. 2005. Punishing the Pioneers: The Medicare Modernization Act and State Pharmacy Assistance Programs. Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 35(1):115-141.

Edward A. Miller. Douglas L. Leslie, Robert A. Rosenheck. 2005. Incidence of New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus Among Patients Receiving Atypical Neuroleptics in the Treatment of Mental Illness: Evidence from a Privately Insured Population. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 193(6):387-395.

Edward A. Miller. 2005. Medicaid Nursing Facility Reimbursement in Flux: Effects of Federal Regulatory Changes and Prevailing Fiscal Conditions, 1978-1998. Journal of Aging and Social Policy. 17(2):41-66.

Edward A. Miller, Eve-Lynn Nelson. 2005. Modifying the Roter Interaction Analysis System to Study Provider-Patient Communication in Telemedicine: Promises, Pitfalls, Insights and Recommendations. Telemedicine Journal and E-Health. 11(1):44-55.

Edward A. Miller, William G. Weissert. 2004. Managed Care for Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles: Appropriateness, Availability, Payment, and Policy. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 23(4):333-348.

Edward A. Miller. 2004. Advancing the State of Comparative State Policy Research: Toward Conceptual Integration and Methodological Expansion: State and Local Government Review. 36(1):35-58.

Edward A. Miller. 2003. The Technical and Interpersonal Aspects of Telemedicine: Effects
on Doctor-Patient Communication. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 9(1):1-7.

Edward A. Miller, William G. Weissert. 2003. Strategies for Integrating Medicare and Medicaid: Design Features and Incentives. Medical Care Research and Review. 60(2):123-157.

Edward A. Miller, William G. Weissert. 2003. Models, Measures, and Methods: Variability in Aging Research. Home Health Care Services Quarterly. 22(2):43-67.

Edward A. Miller. 2002. Telemedicine and Doctor-Patient Communication: A Theoretical Framework for Evaluation. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 8(6):311-318.

Edward A. Miller. 2002. State Discretion and Medicaid Program Variation in Long-Term Care: When Is Enough, Enough? Journal of Aging and  Social Policy. 14(3/4):15-35.

Edward A. Miller, William G. Weissert. 2002. Incidence of Four Adverse Outcomes in the Elderly Population: Implications for Home Care Policy and Research. Home Health Care Services Quarterly. 20(4):17-47.

Edward A. Miller, William G. Weissert. 2002. Predicting Nursing Home Placement: Resource Deficits and Risk Identification in a Managed Care Population. Long-Term Care Interface. 2(11):41-48.

Edward A. Miller. 2001. Telemedicine and Doctor-Patient Communication: An Analytical Survey of the Research Literature. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 7(1):1-17.

Edward A. Miller, William G. Weissert. 2000. Predicting Elderly People’s Risk for Nursing Home Placement, Hospitalization, Functional Impairment and Mortality: A Synthesis. Medical Care Research and Review. 57(3):259-297.

William G. Weissert, Edward A. Miller. 2000. Balancing Resources and Risk: Selecting Home Care Clients in Florida’s CARES Program. Home Health Care Services Quarterly.
18(4):63-76.

Richard A. Hirth, Michael E. Chernew, Edward A. Miller, A. Mark Fendrick, William G. Weissert. 2000. Willingness to Pay for a QALY: In Search of a Standard. Medical Decision
Making. 20(3):332-342.

Edward A. Miller, William G. Weissert, Michael E. Chernew. 1998. Managed Care for Elderly People: A Compendium of Findings. American Journal of Medical Quality. 13(3):127-140.

Edward A. Miller, Miriam Laugesen, Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, Stephen S. Mick. 1998. Emigration of New Zealand and Australian Physicians to the United States and the International Flow of Medical Personnel. Health Policy. 43(3):253-270.

Andrew Cameron, Ellen Johnson, Vicky P. Debold, Edward A. Miller, Dennis Chuang. 1995. Telemedicine: An Annotated Bibliography: Part II. Telemedicine Journal. 1(3):257-292.

Ellen Johnson, Vicky P. Debold, Dennis Chuang, Jennifer Tolbert, Andrew Cameron, Edward A. Miller. 1995. Telemedicine: An Annotated Bibliography: Part I. Telemedicine Journal. 1(2):155-165.

Other Publications:

Edward A. Miller, Vincent Mor. 2007. Building a Better Future: Here’s What You Can Do Right Now to Ensure a Brighter Future for Long-term Care. ADVANCE for Long-Term Care Management. January/February. 10(1):61-63.

Edward A. Miller, Vincent Mor. 2006. Out of the Shadows: Envisioning a Brighter Future for Long-Term Care in America. A Brown University Report for the National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care.

Edward A. Miller. Douglas L. Leslie, Robert A. Rosenheck. 2006. Incidence of New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus Among Patients Receiving Atypical Neuroleptics in the Treatment of Mental Illness: Evidence from a Privately Insured Population. International Drug Therapy Newsletter. March;51(3).

Edward A. Miller. 2003. Explaining State Policy Adoption: The Case of Medicaid Nursing Facility Reimbursement. Doctoral Dissertation. The University of Michigan.

Edward A Miller. 2003. Telepsychiatry and Doctor-Patient Communication: An Analysis of the Empirical Literature. In Telepsychiatry & E-Mental Health Care. R. Wootton, P. Yellowlees, P. McLaren, eds. London, England: Royal Society of Medicine Press. pp. 39-71.

Peter Yellowlees, Edward A. Miller, Paul McLaren, Richard Wootton. 2003. Introduction. In Telepsychiatry & E-Mental Health Care. R. Wootton, P. Yellowlees, P. McLaren, eds. London, England: Royal Society of Medicine Press. pp. 3-13.

Edward A. Miller. 2002. State Discretion and Medicaid Program Variation in Long-Term Care: When Is Enough, Enough? Devolution and Aging Policy. F.G. Caro, R.Morris, eds. Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, Inc. pp. 15-35.

Edward A. Miller. 2001. Federal and State Initiatives to Integrate Acute and Long-term Care: Issues and Profiles. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. RL30813.(Published without permission as a book. Huntington, New York: Nova Science
Publishers, Inc.)

Edward A. Miller. 2000. Federal and State Initiatives to Integrate Acute and Long-term Care. Congressional Research Service. Report for Congress. RS20973.

Edward A. Miller. 1999. Predicting Elderly People’s Risk for Nursing Home Placement, Hospitalization, Functional Impairment, and Mortality: A Comparative Review and Analysis. Report Submitted to the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan. Department of Health Management and Policy, The University of Michigan.

William G. Weissert, Edward A. Miller, Christina Moylan. 1999. Summary of Findings on Long-term Care Demonstration Models. Prepared for LTC Demonstration Models Workgroup, Michigan Department of Community Health.

William G. Weissert, Edward A. Miller. 1996. Characteristics and Predictors of Placement Recommendations in the Florida CARES Project Client Population. A report to the Office of External Affairs, Department of Elder Affairs, the State of Florida.

Edward A. Miller, Karen J. Migdail. 1993. Special Report: Experts Anticipate LTC Role in Health Reform Discussions. Long Term Care Management. 22 (4):1-4.

Edward A. Miller. 1993. Iowa Health Data Commission. The 1994 Medical Outcomes & Guidelines Sourcebook. Spencer V., J. Reichard, eds. New York: Faulkner & Gray, Inc., pp. 15-22.

Edward A. Miller. 1992-1993. Quality: Health Care & Outcomes, A Health Care Management Newsletter. Issues 4-7. Excerpta Medica, Inc.

Edward A. Miller. 1992. Self Insurance. A special report published by Faulkner & Gray, Inc.

Edward A. Miller. 1991. The Health Care Benefits Cost Crisis: Issues and Solutions. A special report published by Faulkner & Gray, Inc.

Edward A. Miller. 1991. Long-Term Care Policy in the United States: A Pragmatic Perspective. Master thesis. Cornell University.