Dr Rachael Morton

Senior Research Fellow
Public Health, School of Public Health

A27 - Edward Ford Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Research interests

Health Economics

Economics of Kidney Disease

Melanoma

Economics of Surgery

Patient preferences for treatment in Chronic Kidney Disease

Discrete choice analysis

Teaching areas

Health economic evaluation

Cost-effectiveness analysis

Cancer clinical trials

Keywords

Nephrology; Surgery; Health economics; Melanoma and skin cancer

Publications

2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009

2013

   
  • Rychetnik, L., McCaffery, K., Morton, R., Thompson, J., Menzies, S., Irwig, L. (2013), Follow-up of early stage melanoma: Specialist clinician perspectives on the functions of follow-up and implications for extending follow-up intervals. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 107(5), 463-468. [Abstract]
  • Rychetnik, L., McCaffery, K., Morton, R., Irwig, L. (2013), Psychosocial aspects of post-treatment follow-up for stage I/II melanoma: a systematic review of the literature. Psycho-Oncology. 22(4), 721-736. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Rychetnik, L., McCaffery, K., Thompson, J., Irwig, L. (2013), Patients' perspectives of long-term follow-up for localised cutaneous melanoma. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 39(39), 297-303. [Abstract]

2012

   
  • Wyld, M., Morton, R., Hayen, A., Howard, K., Webster, A. (2012), A systematic review and meta-analysis of utility-based quality of life in chronic kidney disease treatments. PLoS Medicine. 9(9), e1001307. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Snelling, P., Webster, A., Rose, J., Masterson, R., Johnson, D., Howard, K. (2012), Dialysis Modality Preference of Patients With CKD and Family Caregivers: A Discrete-Choice Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 60(1), 102-111. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Snelling, P., Webster, A., Rose, J., Masterson, R., Johnson, D., Howard, K. (2012), Factors influencing patient choice of dialysis versus conservative care to treat end-stage kidney disease. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 184(5), E277-E283. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Turner, R., Howard, K., Snelling, P., Webster, A. (2012), Patients Who Plan for Conservative Care Rather Than Dialysis: A National Observational Study in Australia. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 59(3), 419-427. [Abstract]
  • Rychetnik, L., Morton, R., McCaffery, K., Thompson, J., Menzies, S., Irwig, L. (2012), Shared care in the follow-up of early-stage melanoma: a qualitative study of Australian melanoma clinicians' perspectives and models of care. BMC Health Services Research. 12, 468. [Abstract]

2011

   
  • Turner, R., Bell, K., Morton, R., Hayen, A., Francken, A., Howard, K., Armstrong, B., Thompson, J., Irwig, L. (2011), Optimizing the Frequency of Follow-Up Visits for Patients Treated for Localized Primary Cutaneous Melanoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 29(35), 4641-4646. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Tong, A., Webster, A., Snelling, P., Howard, K. (2011), Characteristics of dialysis important to patients and family caregivers: a mixed methods approach. Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 26(12), 4038-46. [Abstract]
  • Tong, A., Tjaden, L., Howard, K., Wong, G., Morton, R., Craig, J. (2011), Quality of Life of Adolescent Kidney Transplant Recipients. The Journal of Pediatrics. 159(4), 670-5.e2. [Abstract]
  • Tong, A., Morton, R., Howard, K., McTaggart, S., Craig, J. (2011), "When I had my transplant, I became normal." Adolescent perspectives on life after kidney transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation. 15(3), 285-293. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Howard, K., Webster, A., Snelling, P. (2011), Patient INformation about Options for Treatment (PINOT): a prospective national study of information given to incident CKD Stage 5 patients. Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 26(4), 1266-1274. [Abstract]
  • Fogarty, G., Morton, R., Vardy, J., Nowak, A., Mandel, C., Forder, P., Hong, A., Hruby, G., Burmeister, B., Shivalingam, B., Dhillon, H., Thompson, J. (2011), Whole brain radiotherapy after local treatment of brain metastases in melanoma patients - a randomised phase III trial. BMC cancer. 11(1), 142. [Abstract]

2010

   
  • Morton, R., Howard, K., Webster, A., Snelling, P. (2010), Patient information about options for treatment: Methods of a national audit of information provision in chronic kidney disease. Nephrology. 15(6), 649-652. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Devitt, J., Howard, K., Anderson, K., Snelling, P., Cass, A. (2010), Patient views about treatment of stage 5 CKD: a qualitative analysis of semistructured interviews. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 55(3), 431-440. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Howard, K., Thompson, J. (2010), In Reply: Cost Effectiveness of Staging Procedures in Patients with Stage I/II Melanoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 17(2), 663-664. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Tong, A., Howard, K., Snelling, P., Webster, A. (2010), The views of patients and carers in treatment decision making for chronic kidney disease: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. BMJ. 340, c112. [Abstract]

2009

   
  • Thompson, J., Morton, R. (2009), In Reply: Cost-Effectiveness of Sentinel Node Biopsy for Melanoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 16(10), 2962-2963. [Abstract]
  • Tong, A., Morton, R., Howard, K., Craig, J. (2009), Adolescent Experiences Following Organ Transplantation: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies. Journal of Pediatrics. 155(4), 542-549. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Howard, K., Webster, A., Wong, G., Craig, J. (2009), The cost-effectiveness of induction immunosuppression in kidney transplantation. Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 24(7), 2258-2269. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Howard, K., Thompson, J. (2009), The Cost-Effectiveness of Sentinel Node Biopsy in Patients with Intermediate Thickness Primary Cutaneous Melanoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 16(4), 929-940. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Craig, J., Thompson, J. (2009), The Role of Surveillance Chest X-Rays in the Follow-Up of High-Risk Melanoma Patients. Annals of surgical oncology. 16(3), 571-7. [Abstract]
  • Morton, R., Moustakas, J., Howard, K., Webster, A., Snelling, P. (2009), A national audit of information provided to new CKD stage 4 & 5 patients: results from a pilot study. Renal Society of Australasia Journal. 5(3), 138-146.