Donald H. Taylor Jr. | Scholars@Duke

Donald H. Taylor Jr.
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2015
Director of the Social Science Research Institute, Social Science Research Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2019
Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health, Clinical Science Departments 2018
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2008
Member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2015
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2017
Executive Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke - Margolis Center For Health Policy, Initiatives 2019

Contact Information

302 Towerview Rd., 112 Rubenstein Hall, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90253, 112 Rubenstein Hall, Durham, NC 27708-0253
don.taylor@duke.edu (919) 613-9357
Twitter
http://sites.duke.edu/donaldhtaylorjr/

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1995
- M.P.P., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1992
- B.S., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1990
Duke Appointment History
- Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2019 - 2021
- Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2015 - 2019
- Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2010 - 2019
- Professor of Business Administration, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University 2016 - 2018
- Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Clinical Science Departments 2010 - 2018
- Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2010 - 2015
- Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2003 - 2010
- Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Clinical Science Departments 2003 - 2004
- Assistant Research Professor of Public Policy Studies, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 1998 - 2003
- Assistant Research Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Clinical Science Departments 2001 - 2003
Recognition
In the News
- JUN 29, 2020 Social Science Research Institute
  
  Moving Ahead After 'Living While Black': Don Taylor on Engaging SSRI on Racial Inequality
- JUN 18, 2020 Duke Government Relations
  
  Duke in DC: Faculty Discuss COVID-19's Lasting Impact on Children and Families
- MAY 20, 2020
  
  How to Address COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
- APR 6, 2020
  
  NC Survey Tracks How Residents Are Changing Behavior In Pandemic
- MAY 10, 2019
  
  Honor, Thank You, Unease: An Address from the Academic Council Chair
- FEB 22, 2019
  
  Don Taylor Appointed Director of the Social Science Research Institute
- NOV 14, 2018
  
  Academic Council Begins Discussion of Faculty Conduct
- NOV 2, 2016
  
  Zeroing In on Whether Obamacare Is Working
- JUL 14, 2016 Politico
  
  Don Taylor says answer for Obamacare ‘is more policy -- not doing nothing’
- JAN 15, 2016 WUNC
  
  Don Taylor comments: Policy changes for end-of-life care
- JAN 14, 2016 PolitiFact
  
  Don Taylor comments: How much would Bernie Sanders' health care plan cost the middle class?
- DEC 23, 2015 Health Affairs Blog
  
  Commentary: Evaluating a new era in Medicare hospice and end-of-life policy
- DEC 17, 2015 Sanford School Ways & Means Podcast
  
  What Do Seniors Want When They're Dying?
- DEC 10, 2015 Duke Campaign Stop 2016
  
  Don Taylor Podcast on Health Care Help for Aging Seniors
- NOV 4, 2015 TWC News
  
  Don Taylor comments: Open enrollment begins for ACA
- NOV 2, 2015
  
  News Tip: Affordable Care Act – What’s an Appropriate Deductible?
- OCT 26, 2015 WRAL
  
  Don Taylor: Changing Medicaid to managed care could take years
- SEP 23, 2015 The News & Observer
  
  Donald Taylor comments: N.C. legislature approves Medicaid privatization
- SEP 18, 2015
  
  News Tip: Privatizing Medicaid Won’t End NC State Government Responsibility, Expert Says
- AUG 20, 2015 Marketplace
  
  Don Taylor: Can palliative care save money?
- AUG 13, 2015 The News & Observer
  
  Callie Gable, Donald Taylor: No way to know how ACA is working
- JUN 26, 2015 The Hill
  
  Donald Taylor: What next after Obamacare decision?
- JUN 25, 2015
  
  Duke Faculty On Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling
- MAY 18, 2015 Winston-Salem Journal, AP
  
  Don Taylor comments: N.C. health mandates get rosier views at General Assembly
- MAY 18, 2015 Winston-Salem Journal, AP
  
  Don Taylor comments: N.C. health mandates get rosier views at General Assembly
- MAR 5, 2015 CCTV America
  
  Donald Taylor considers the stakes as Supreme Court hears challenge to Obamacare
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Reducing the Need for Out-of-home Placements: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Effects of Family Centered Treatment on Well-Being Outcomes and Public Dollar Costs awarded by Family Centered Treatment Foundation 2018 - 2023
- Inflammatory and Metabolic Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Complications with SARS-CoV-2 awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2023
- Informing Policy Options to Integrate Care for Dual Eligible North Carolinians awarded by Arnold Ventures 2021 - 2022
- Which palliative care quality measures improve patient-centered outcomes? awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2015 - 2020
- Opioid Utilization and Treatment in North Carolina awarded by Laura and John Arnold Foundation 2018 - 2019
- The North Carolina Leadership Forum, John William Pope Foundation awarded by John William Pope Foundation 2015 - 2019
- Implementing Best Practice in Palliative Care awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2013 - 2018
- Supporting Medicaid Reform in North Carolina awarded by A. J. Fletcher Foundation 2017 - 2018
- Increasing Patient and System Value with Community Based Palliative Care awarded by Four Seasons 2014 - 2017
- Caregivers' Reactions and Experience: Imaging Dementia - Evidence for Amyloid Scanning - CARE IDEAS awarded by Brown University 2016 - 2017
- Palliative Care in Heart Failure (PAL-HF) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2016
- Increasing Patient and System Value with Community Based Palliative Care awarded by Four Seasons 2014 - 2015
- Hospice to Palliative Care: Maximizing Patient Preference and Cost Savings awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2009 - 2014
- Creation and demonstration of a palliative care research cooperative group awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2013
- Organizational Variability and Racial Disparities in Hospice Use awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2013
- Until Death Do Us Part: Careers of Caregiving Wives awarded by National Institutes of Health 2004 - 2008
- APOE, Quality of Life and Medical Costs in Late Life awarded by National Institutes of Health 2000 - 2004
- Perception of Risk and Behavior in the Elderly awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2003
- Determinants and Cost of Alcohol Abuse Among Elderly awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2002
- Linking Probate Data to an Elderly Cohort awarded by National Institutes of Health 1998 - 2000
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Seed Grant: Seed Grant: Confronting Racism and Bias: Turning the Lens Inward awarded by Duke Office of Faculty Advancement 2021
- Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Race, Social Movements and Political Participation in the New South awarded by Duke Office of the Provost 2021
- Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Assessing the Unintended Consequences of the PDC at Duke University (1930-70) awarded by Duke Office of the Provost 2021
External Relationships
- Don Fehr, Trident Media
- Islands Hospice
- Southern Health Network (dba Vigilant Health)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Taylor, D. H. Balancing the Budget is a Progressive Priority, 2012.
  - Sloan, Frank A., Jan Ostermann, Christopher Conover, Jr Donald H Taylor, and Gabriel Picone. The Price of Smoking. Vol. 1, 2006.
  - Sloan, F. A., V. K. Smith, and Jr D H Taylor. The Smoking Puzzle: Information, Risk Perception, and Choice. Harvard University Press, 2003.
- Academic Articles
  - Kaufman, Brystana G., Courtney H. Van Houtven, Melissa A. Greiner, Bradley G. Hammill, Matthew Harker, David Anderson, Sarah Petry, Janet Bull, and Donald H. Taylor. “Selection Bias in Observational Studies of Palliative Care: Lessons Learned.” J Pain Symptom Manage 61, no. 5 (May 2021): 1002-1011.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.09.011.
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  - Cross, Sarah H., Brystana G. Kaufman, Donald H. Taylor, Arif H. Kamal, and Haider J. Warraich. “Trends and Factors Associated with Place of Death for Individuals with Dementia in the United States.” J Am Geriatr Soc 68, no. 2 (February 2020): 250–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16200.
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  - Kaufman, Brystana G., David Klemish, Andrew Olson, Cordt T. Kassner, Jerome P. Reiter, Matthew Harker, Laura Sheble, Benjamin A. Goldstein, Donald H. Taylor, and Nrupen A. Bhavsar. “Use of Hospital Referral Regions in Evaluating End-of-Life Care.” J Palliat Med 23, no. 1 (January 2020): 90–96. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2019.0056.
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  - Cross, Sarah H., Brystana G. Kaufman, Robert J. Mentz, Arif H. Kamal, Donald H. Taylor, and Haider J. Warraich. “Trends in Place of Death for Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease in the United States.” J Am Coll Cardiol 74, no. 15 (October 15, 2019): 1943–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.08.1015.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Brystana G. Kaufman, Andrew Olson, Matthew Harker, David Anderson, Sarah H. Cross, Lindsay Bonsignore, and Janet Bull. “Paying for Palliative Care in Medicare: Evidence From the Four Seasons/Duke CMMI Demonstration.” J Pain Symptom Manage 58, no. 4 (October 2019): 654-661.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.06.019.
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  - Warraich, Haider J., Christopher M. O’Connor, Hongqiu Yang, Bradi B. Granger, Kimberly S. Johnson, Daniel B. Mark, Kevin J. Anstrom, et al. “African Americans With Advanced Heart Failure Are More Likely to Die in a Health Care Facility Than at Home or in Hospice: An Analysis From the PAL-HF Trial.” J Card Fail 25, no. 8 (August 2019): 693–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.05.013.
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  - Kaufman, Brystana G., Emily C. O’Brien, Sally C. Stearns, Roland A. Matsouaka, G Mark Holmes, Morris Weinberger, Lee H. Schwamm, et al. “Medicare Shared Savings ACOs and Hospice Care for Ischemic Stroke Patients.” J Am Geriatr Soc 67, no. 7 (July 2019): 1402–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15852.
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  - Cross, Sarah H., Arif H. Kamal, Donald H. Taylor, and Haider J. Warraich. “Hospice Use Among Patients with Heart Failure.” Cardiac Failure Review 5, no. 2 (May 24, 2019): 93–98. https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2019.2.2.
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  - Bhavsar, Nrupen A., Sara Constand, Matthew Harker, and Donald H. Taylor. “Death of outrage over talking about dying.” Bmj Support Palliat Care 9, no. 1 (March 2019): 37–39. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001182.
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  - Warraich, Haider J., Donald H. Taylor, David J. Casarett, Marisette Hasan, Chetan B. Patel, Arif H. Kamal, Matthew Harker, and Robert J. Mentz. “Hospice Care for Heart Failure: Challenges Faced by Hospice Staff in a Predominantly Rural Setting.” J Palliat Med 22, no. 1 (January 2019): 7–8. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0454.
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  - Boucher, Nathan A., Janet H. Bull, Sarah H. Cross, Christine Kirby, J Kelly Davis, and Donald H. Taylor. “Patient, Caregiver, and Taxpayer Knowledge of Palliative Care and Views on a Model of Community-Based Palliative Care.” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 56, no. 6 (December 2018): 951–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.08.007.
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  - Kaufman, Brystana G., David Klemish, Cordt T. Kassner, Jerome P. Reiter, Fan Li, Matthew Harker, Emily C. O’Brien, Donald H. Taylor, and Nrupen A. Bhavsar. “Predicting Length of Hospice Stay: An Application of Quantile Regression.” J Palliat Med 21, no. 8 (August 2018): 1131–36. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0039.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Nrupen A. Bhavsar, Janet H. Bull, Cordt T. Kassner, Andrew Olson, and Nathan A. Boucher. “Will Changes to Medicare Payment Rates Alter Hospice's Cost-Saving Ability?” J Palliat Med 21, no. 5 (May 2018): 645–51. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2017.0485.
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  - Dolin, Rachel, Pam Silberman, Denise A. Kirk, Sally C. Stearns, Laura C. Hanson, Donald H. Taylor, and G Mark Holmes. “Do Live Discharge Rates Increase as Hospices Approach Their Medicare Aggregate Payment Caps?” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 55, no. 3 (March 2018): 775–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.11.018.
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  - Tsai, Gawin, and Donald H. Taylor. “Advance care planning in Medicare: an early look at the impact of new reimbursement on billing and clinical practice.” Bmj Supportive & Palliative Care 8, no. 1 (March 2018): 49–52. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001181.
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  - Kassner, Cordt T., Nrupen A. Bhavsar, Matthew Harker, Janet Bull, and Donald H. Taylor. “Hospital-Based Palliative Care with Medicare Claims: Evidence From Colorado.” Am J Hosp Palliat Care 35, no. 1 (January 2018): 66–68. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909117691020.
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  - Taylor, D. H. “Improving the match between patients’ needs & end-of-life care by increasing patient choice in medicare.” Behavioral Science and Policy 4, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 51–61. https://doi.org/10.1353/bsp.2018.0004.
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  - Bull, Janet, Arif H. Kamal, Matthew Harker, Donald H. Taylor, Lindsay Bonsignore, John Morris, Lisa Massie, et al. “Standardization and Scaling of a Community-Based Palliative Care Model.” J Palliat Med 20, no. 11 (November 2017): 1237–43. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2017.0027.
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  - Bull, Janet, Arif H. Kamal, Matthew Harker, Lindsay Bonsignore, John Morris, Lisa Massie, Parampal Singh Bhullar, Mark Hendrix, Deeana Bennett, and Don Taylor. “Tracking Patients in Community-Based Palliative Care through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Healthcare Innovation Project.” J Palliat Med 20, no. 11 (November 2017): 1231–36. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2017.0080.
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  - Bhavsar, Nrupen A., Kate Bloom, Jonathan Nicolla, Callie Gable, Abby Goodman, Andrew Olson, Matthew Harker, Janet Bull, and Donald H. Taylor. “Delivery of Community-Based Palliative Care: Findings from a Time and Motion Study.” J Palliat Med 20, no. 10 (October 2017): 1120–26. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2016.0433.
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  - Kamal, Arif H., Donald H. Taylor, Benjamin Neely, Matthew Harker, Parampal Bhullar, John Morris, Lindsay Bonsignore, and Janet Bull. “One Size Does Not Fit All: Disease Profiles of Serious Illness Patients Receiving Specialty Palliative Care.” J Pain Symptom Manage 54, no. 4 (October 2017): 476–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.07.035.
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  - Rogers, Joseph G., Chetan B. Patel, Robert J. Mentz, Bradi B. Granger, Karen E. Steinhauser, Mona Fiuzat, Patricia A. Adams, et al. “Palliative Care in Heart Failure: The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial.” J Am Coll Cardiol 70, no. 3 (July 18, 2017): 331–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.05.030.
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  - Rogers, Joseph G., Chetan B. Patel, Robert J. Mentz, Bradi B. Granger, Karen E. Steinhauser, Mona Fiuzat, Patricia A. Adams, et al. “Palliative Care in Heart Failure The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 70, no. 3 (July 18, 2017): 332–41.
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  - Dolin, Rachel, G Mark Holmes, Sally C. Stearns, Denise A. Kirk, Laura C. Hanson, Donald H. Taylor, and Pam Silberman. “A Positive Association Between Hospice Profit Margin And The Rate At Which Patients Are Discharged Before Death.” Health Affairs (Project Hope) 36, no. 7 (July 2017): 1291–98. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0113.
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  - Bostwick, Doran, Steven Wolf, Greg Samsa, Janet Bull, Donald H. Taylor, Kimberly S. Johnson, and Arif H. Kamal. “Comparing the Palliative Care Needs of Those With Cancer to Those With Common Non-Cancer Serious Illness.” J Pain Symptom Manage 53, no. 6 (June 2017): 1079-1084.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.02.014.
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  - Richman, Barak D., Allison Rice, Donald H. Taylor, Susan Kline, Leigh Ann Simmons, Hilary Campbell, and Amanda McMillan. “North Carolina Medicaid Reform: A Bipartisan Path Forward.” Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series, no. 2019 (April 25, 2017).
  - Taylor, Donald H. “The Case for Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina.” North Carolina Medical Journal 78, no. 1 (January 2017): 43–47. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.78.1.43.
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  - Nipp, Ryan D., Leah L. Zullig, Gregory Samsa, Jeffrey M. Peppercorn, Deborah Schrag, Donald H. Taylor, Amy P. Abernethy, and S Yousuf Zafar. “Identifying cancer patients who alter care or lifestyle due to treatment-related financial distress.” Psychooncology 25, no. 6 (June 2016): 719–25. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.3911.
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  - Kamal, Arif H., Janet Bull, Christine S. Ritchie, Jean S. Kutner, Laura C. Hanson, Fred Friedman, Donald H. Taylor, and Donald H. AAHPM Research Committee Writing Group. “Adherence to Measuring What Matters Measures Using Point-of-Care Data Collection Across Diverse Clinical Settings.” J Pain Symptom Manage 51, no. 3 (March 2016): 497–503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.12.313.
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  - Pritchard, Daryl, Allison Petrilla, Shawn Hallinan, Donald H. Taylor, Vernon F. Schabert, and Robert W. Dubois. “What Contributes Most to High Health Care Costs? Health Care Spending in High Resource Patients.” Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy 22, no. 2 (February 2016): 102–9. https://doi.org/10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.2.102.
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  - Kutner, Jean S., Patrick J. Blatchford, Donald H. Taylor, Christine S. Ritchie, Janet H. Bull, Diane L. Fairclough, Laura C. Hanson, et al. “Safety and benefit of discontinuing statin therapy in the setting of advanced, life-limiting illness: a randomized clinical trial.” Jama Intern Med 175, no. 5 (May 2015): 691–700. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0289.
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  - Mentz, Robert J., James A. Tulsky, Bradi B. Granger, Kevin J. Anstrom, Patricia A. Adams, Gwen C. Dodson, Mona Fiuzat, et al. “The palliative care in heart failure trial: rationale and design.” Am Heart J 168, no. 5 (November 2014): 645-651.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2014.07.018.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Marion Danis, S Yousuf Zafar, Lynn J. Howie, Gregory P. Samsa, Steven P. Wolf, and Amy P. Abernethy. “There is a mismatch between the medicare benefit package and the preferences of patients with cancer and their caregivers.” J Clin Oncol 32, no. 28 (October 1, 2014): 3163–68. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2013.54.2605.
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  - Danis, Marion, Amy P. Abernethy, S Yousuf Zafar, Gregory P. Samsa, Steven P. Wolf, Lynn Howie, and Donald H. Taylor. “A decision exercise to engage cancer patients and families in deliberation about Medicare coverage for advanced cancer care.” Bmc Health Serv Res 14 (July 19, 2014): 315. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-315.
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  - Kamal, Arif H., Margaret Gradison, Jennifer M. Maguire, Donald Taylor, and Amy P. Abernethy. “Quality measures for palliative care in patients with cancer: a systematic review.” J Oncol Pract 10, no. 4 (July 2014): 281–87. https://doi.org/10.1200/JOP.2013.001212.
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  - Rocke, Daniel J., Halton W. Beumer, Donald H. Taylor, Steven Thomas, Liana Puscas, and Walter T. Lee. “Physician and Patient and Caregiver Health Attitudes and Their Effect on Medicare Resource Allocation for Patients With Advanced Cancer.” Jama Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 140, no. 6 (June 2014): 497–503. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2014.494.
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  - Pritchard, D. E., A. A. Petrilla, S. Hallinan, D. H. Taylor, V. F. Schabert, and R. W. Dubois. “HEALTH CARE SPENDING PATTERNS IN HIGH RESOURCE PATIENTS.” Value in Health 17, no. 3 (May 1, 2014): A148–A148.
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  - Chino, Fumiko, Jeffrey Peppercorn, Donald H. Taylor, Ying Lu, Gregory Samsa, Amy P. Abernethy, and S Yousuf Zafar. “Self-reported financial burden and satisfaction with care among patients with cancer.” Oncologist 19, no. 4 (April 2014): 414–20. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0374.
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  - Abernethy, Amy P., Janet Bull, Elizabeth Whitten, Rebecca Shelby, Jane L. Wheeler, and Donald H. Taylor. “Targeted investment improves access to hospice and palliative care.” J Pain Symptom Manage 46, no. 5 (November 2013): 629–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.12.012.
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  - Zullig, Leah L., Jeffrey M. Peppercorn, Deborah Schrag, Donald H. Taylor, Ying Lu, Gregory Samsa, Amy P. Abernethy, and S Yousuf Zafar. “Financial Distress, Use of Cost-Coping Strategies, and Adherence to Prescription Medication Among Patients With Cancer.” J Oncol Pract 9, no. 6S (November 2013): 60s-63s. https://doi.org/10.1200/JOP.2013.000971.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Janet Bull, Xiaoyin Zhong, Greg Samsa, and Amy P. Abernethy. “The effect of palliative care on patient functioning.” J Palliat Med 16, no. 10 (October 2013): 1227–31. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2013.0040.
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  - Taylor, Donald H. “Medicare as insurance innovator: the case of hospice.” The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care 30, no. 6 (September 2013): 556–57. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909112461064.
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  - Rocke, Daniel J., Walter T. Lee, Halton W. Beumer, Donald H. Taylor, Kristine Schulz, Steven Thomas, and Liana Puscas. “Physician allocation of Medicare resources for patients with advanced cancer.” J Palliat Med 16, no. 8 (August 2013): 857–66. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2012.0636.
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  - Zafar, S Yousuf, Jeffrey M. Peppercorn, Deborah Schrag, Donald H. Taylor, Amy M. Goetzinger, Xiaoyin Zhong, and Amy P. Abernethy. “The financial toxicity of cancer treatment: a pilot study assessing out-of-pocket expenses and the insured cancer patient's experience.” Oncologist 18, no. 4 (2013): 381–90. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2012-0279.
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  - Zullig, Leah L., Jeffrey M. Peppercorn, Deborah Schrag, Donald H. Taylor, Xiaoyin Zhong, Gregory Samsa, Amy Pickar Abernethy, and Yousuf Zafar. “Copayment assistance and adherence to prescription medication among patients with cancer.” Journal of Clinical Oncology 30, no. 34_suppl (December 1, 2012): 57–57. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2012.30.34_suppl.57.
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  - Kamal, Arif H., Janet Bull, Dio Kavalieratos, Donald H. Taylor, William Downey, and Amy P. Abernethy. “Palliative care needs of patients with cancer living in the community.” J Oncol Pract 7, no. 6 (November 2011): 382–88. https://doi.org/10.1200/JOP.2011.000455.
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  - Abernethy, Amy P., Cordt T. Kassner, Elizabeth Whitten, Janet Bull, and Donald H. Taylor. “Death service ratio: a measure of hospice utilization and cost impact.” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 41, no. 6 (June 2011): e5–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.03.004.
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  - Zafar, Y., A. M. Goetzinger, R. Fowler, A. Gblokpor, D. Warhadpande, D. H. Taylor, D. Schrag, J. M. Peppercorn, and A. P. Abernethy. “Impact of out-of-pocket expenses on cancer care.” Journal of Clinical Oncology 29, no. 15 (May 20, 2011).
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  - Taylor, Donald H. “Palliative care and the search for value in health reform.” North Carolina Medical Journal 72, no. 3 (May 2011): 229–31.
  - Zafar, Y., A. M. Goetzinger, R. Fowler, A. Gblokpor, D. Warhadpande, D. H. Taylor, D. Schrag, J. M. Peppercorn, and A. P. Abernethy. “Impact of out-of-pocket expenses on cancer care.” Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 29, no. 15_suppl (May 2011): 6006.
  - Ganesh, Shanti Portia, Linda P. Fried, Donald H. Taylor, Carl F. Pieper, and Helen M. Hoenig. “Lower extremity physical performance, self-reported mobility difficulty, and use of compensatory strategies for mobility by elderly women.” Arch Phys Med Rehabil 92, no. 2 (February 2011): 228–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2010.10.012.
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  - Taylor, Donald H. “Health reform. Or not?” North Carolina Medical Journal 71, no. 1 (January 2010): 26–27.
  - Taylor, Donald H., Robert M. Cook-Deegan, Susan Hiraki, J Scott Roberts, Dan G. Blazer, and Robert C. Green. “Genetic testing for Alzheimer's and long-term care insurance.” Health Aff (Millwood) 29, no. 1 (January 2010): 102–8. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0525.
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  - Van Houtven, Courtney Harold, Donald H. Taylor, Karen Steinhauser, and James A. Tulsky. “Is a home-care network necessary to access the Medicare hospice benefit?” J Palliat Med 12, no. 8 (August 2009): 687–94. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2008.0255.
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  - Taylor, Donald H. “The effect of hospice on Medicare and informal care costs: the U.S. Experience.” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 38, no. 1 (July 2009): 110–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.04.003.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Truls Østbye, Kenneth M. Langa, David Weir, and Brenda L. Plassman. “The accuracy of Medicare claims as an epidemiological tool: the case of dementia revisited.” J Alzheimers Dis 17, no. 4 (2009): 807–15. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-2009-1099.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Maragatha Kuchibhatla, and Truls Østbye. “Trajectories of caregiving time provided by wives to their husbands with dementia.” Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 22, no. 2 (April 2008): 131–36. https://doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0b013e31815bebba.
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  - Ostbye, Truls, Donald H. Taylor, Elizabeth C. Clipp, Lynn Van Scoyoc, and Brenda L. Plassman. “Identification of dementia: agreement among national survey data, medicare claims, and death certificates.” Health Serv Res 43, no. 1 Pt 1 (February 2008): 313–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00748.x.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Karen Steinhauser, James A. Tulsky, John Rattliff, and Courtney Harold Van Houtven. “Characterizing hospice discharge patterns in a nationally representative sample of the elderly, 1993-2000.” Am J Hosp Palliat Care 25, no. 1 (February 2008): 9–15. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909107310136.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Michael Ezell, Maragatha Kuchibhatla, Truls Østbye, and Elizabeth C. Clipp. “Identifying trajectories of depressive symptoms for women caring for their husbands with dementia.” J Am Geriatr Soc 56, no. 2 (February 2008): 322–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01558.x.
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  - Taylor, D. H. “The accidental system: private and public actions to provide long term care.” North Carolina Insight, 2008.
  - Taylor, D. H., M. Kuchibhatla, T. Ostbye, B. L. Plassman, and E. C. Clipp. “The effect of spousal caregiving and bereavement on depressive symptoms.” Aging Ment Health 12, no. 1 (January 2008): 100–107. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607860801936631.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Jan Ostermann, Courtney H. Van Houtven, James A. Tulsky, and Karen Steinhauser. “What length of hospice use maximizes reduction in medical expenditures near death in the US Medicare program?” Soc Sci Med 65, no. 7 (October 2007): 1466–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.028.
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  - Ricketts, Thomas C., Laurie J. Goldsmith, George Mark Holmes, Randy M. R. P. Randolph, Richard Lee, Donald H. Taylor, and Jan Ostermann. “Designating places and populations as medically underserved: a proposal for a new approach.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 18, no. 3 (August 2007): 567–89. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2007.0065.
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  - Taylor, D. H. “The accidental system: private and public actions to provide long term care.” Forthcoming in N.C. Insight, 2007.
  - Taylor, D. H., CH Van Houtwen, K. Steinhauser, and J. Tulsky. “Characterizing hospice discharge patterns in a nationally representative sample of the elderly, 1993-2000.” Forthcoming in American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2007.
  - Taylor, D. H., M. Kuchibhatla, T. Ostbye, B. Plassman, and E. Clipp. “The effect of spousal caregiving and bereavement on depressive symptoms.” Forthcoming in Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2007.
  - Taylor, D. H., M. Kuchibhatla, and T. Ostbye. “Trajectories of caregiving time provided by wives to their husband’s with dementia.” Forthcoming in Alzheimer’S Disease and Associated Disorders, 2007.
  - Taylor, Donald H., and Helen Hoenig. “Access to health care services for the disabled elderly.” Health Serv Res 41, no. 3 Pt 1 (June 2006): 743–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00509.x.
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  - Hoenig, Helen, Shanti Portia Ganesh, Donald H. Taylor, Carl Pieper, Jack Guralnik, and Linda P. Fried. “Lower extremity physical performance and use of compensatory strategies for mobility.” J Am Geriatr Soc 54, no. 2 (February 2006): 262–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00588.x.
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  - Ricketts, T. C., L. J. Goldsmith, M. Holmes, R. Randolph, R. Lee, and D. H. Taylor. “Designating Places and Populations as Medically Underserved: A Proposal for a New Approach.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2006.
  - Ostermann, Jan, Frank A. Sloan, and Donald H. Taylor. “Heavy alcohol use and marital dissolution in the USA.” Social Science & Medicine (1982) 61, no. 11 (December 2005): 2304–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.021.
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  - Østbye, Truls, Donald H. Taylor, William S. Yancy, and Katrina M. Krause. “Associations between obesity and receipt of screening mammography, Papanicolaou tests, and influenza vaccination: results from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) Study.” Am J Public Health 95, no. 9 (September 2005): 1623–30. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2004.047803.
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  - Fultz, Nancy H., Kristi Rahrig Jenkins, Truls Østbye, Donald H. Taylor, Mohammed U. Kabeto, and Kenneth M. Langa. “The impact of own and spouse's urinary incontinence on depressive symptoms.” Soc Sci Med 60, no. 11 (June 2005): 2537–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.019.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Jan Osterman, S. Will Acuff, and Truls Ostbye. “Do seniors understand their risk of moving to a nursing home?” Health Serv Res 40, no. 3 (June 2005): 811–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00386.x.
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  - Norton, Edward C., and Donald H. Taylor. “Equal division of estates and the exchange motive.” Journal of Aging & Social Policy 17, no. 1 (January 2005): 63–82. https://doi.org/10.1300/j031v17n01_04.
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  - Taylor, Donald H. “Alzheimer's disease and the family caregiver: the cost and who pays?” North Carolina Medical Journal 66, no. 1 (January 2005): 16–23.
  - Shah, A. N., T. P. Vail, D. Taylor, and R. Pietrobon. “Comorbid illness affects hospital costs related to hip arthroplasty: quantification of health status and implications for fair reimbursement and surgeon comparisons.” The Journal of Arthroplasty 19, no. 6 (September 2004): 700–705.
  - Taylor, Donald H., Frank A. Sloan, and P Murali Doraiswamy. “Marked increase in Alzheimer's disease identified in medicare claims records between 1991 and 1999.” J Gerontol a Biol Sci Med Sci 59, no. 7 (July 2004): 762–66. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/59.7.m762.
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  - Pathman, Donald E., Thomas R. Konrad, Tonya S. King, Donald H. Taylor, and Gary G. Koch. “Outcomes of states' scholarship, loan repayment, and related programs for physicians.” Medical Care 42, no. 6 (June 2004): 560–68. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mlr.0000128003.81622.ef.
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  - Østbye, Truls, and Donald H. Taylor. “The effect of smoking on years of healthy life (YHL) lost among middle-aged and older Americans.” Health Serv Res 39, no. 3 (June 2004): 531–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00243.x.
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  - Smith, V. K., M. F. Evans, H. Kim, and D. H. Taylor. “Do the near-elderly value mortality risks differently?” Review of Economics and Statistics 86, no. 1 (February 1, 2004): 423–29. https://doi.org/10.1162/003465304774201842.
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  - Picone, G., F. Sloan, and D. Taylor. “Effects of risk and time preference and expected longevity on demand for medical tests.” Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 28, no. 1 (January 1, 2004): 39–53. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RISK.0000009435.11390.23.
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  - Taylor, D. H., John Rattliff, P Murali Doraiswamy, and Frank A. Sloan. “Marked Increase in the Diagnosed Prevalence of Alzheimer's Disease between 1991 and 1999 in the United States.” Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 59 (2004): M762-M766.
  - Taylor, Donald H., and Helen Hoenig. “The effect of equipment usage and residual task difficulty on use of personal assistance, days in bed, and nursing home placement.” J Am Geriatr Soc 52, no. 1 (January 2004): 72–79. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52013.x.
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  - Truls, SangJung, SangJung 216stbye, and D. H. Taylor. “The Effect of Smoking on Years of Healthy Life (YHL) Lost Among Middle Aged and Older Americans.” Health Services Research 39, no. 3 (2004): 499–519.
  - Weng, Haoling H., Lori A. Bastian, Donald H. Taylor, Barry K. Moser, and Truls Ostbye. “Number of children associated with obesity in middle-aged women and men: results from the health and retirement study.” J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13, no. 1 (January 2004): 85–91. https://doi.org/10.1089/154099904322836492.
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  - Østbye, T., D. H. Taylor, A. M. A. M. Lee, G. Greenberg, and L. van Scoyoc. “Racial differences in influenza vaccination among older Americans 1996-2000: longitudinal analysis of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) survey.” Bmc Public Health 3 (December 16, 2003): 41.
  - Østbye, Truls, Donald H. Taylor, Ann Marie M. Lee, Gary Greenberg, and Lynn van Scoyoc. “Racial differences in influenza vaccination among older Americans 1996-2000: longitudinal analysis of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) survey.” Bmc Public Health 3 (December 16, 2003): 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-3-41.
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  - Ostbye, Truls, Gary N. Greenberg, Donald H. Taylor, and Ann Marie M. Lee. “Screening mammography and Pap tests among older American women 1996-2000: results from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD).” Ann Fam Med 1, no. 4 (November 2003): 209–17. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.54.
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  - Taylor, Donald H. “Caution in the use of the apolipoprotein E e4 allele as a predictor of healthcare costs.” Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 3, no. 5 (October 2003): 569–73. https://doi.org/10.1586/14737167.3.5.569.
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  - Hoenig, Helen, Donald H. Taylor, and Frank A. Sloan. “Does assistive technology substitute for personal assistance among the disabled elderly?” Am J Public Health 93, no. 2 (February 2003): 330–37. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.93.2.330.
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  - Picone, G. A., F. A. Sloan, S. Y. Chou, and D. H. Taylor. “Does higher hospital cost imply higher quality of care?” Review of Economics and Statistics 85, no. 1 (February 1, 2003): 51–62. https://doi.org/10.1162/003465303762687703.
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  - Jr, D. H. T., M. Schenkman, J. Zhou, and F. A. Sloan. “Erratum: The relative effect of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, disability, and comorbidities on cost of care for elderly persons (Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social (September 2001) 56B (S285-S293)).” Journals of Gerontology Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 58, no. 3 (2003): S198.
  - Ostbye, T., G. N. Greenberg, D. H. Taylor Jr, A. M. M. Lee, and K. M. Krause. “Screening Mammography and Pap Smear Tests Among Older American Women 1996-2000.” Annals of Family Medicine 1 (2003): 209–17.
  - Ostbye, T., G. N. Greenberg, Jr D H Taylor, A. M. M. Lee, and K. M. Krause. “Screening Mammography and Pap Smear Tests Among Older American Women 1996-2000.” Annals of Family Medicine 1 (2003): 209–17.
  - Picone, G. A., F. A. Sloan, S. -. Y. Chou, and Jr D H Taylor. “Does Higher Hospital Cost Imply Higher Quality of Care?” Review of Economics and Statistics 85 (2003): 51–62.
  - Picone, Gabriel A., Frank A. Sloan, and Donald H. Taylor. “Does High Hospital Cost Imply Higher Quality of Care?” Review of Economics & Statistics, 2003.
  - Taylor Jr, D. H. “Caution should be used before using the APOE e4 as a predictor of health care costs.” Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 3 (2003): 569–73.
  - Taylor, D. H. “Comment on "A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies Comparing Mortality Rates of Private For-Profit and Private Non-for-Profit Hospitals.” The Journal of Evidence Based Medicine, 2003.
  - Taylor, D. H. “Comment on "A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies Comparing Mortality Rates of Private For-Profit and Private Non-for-Profit Hospitals.” Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2003.
  - Taylor, D. H., Bruce Burchett, and Dan G. Blazer. “Is the APOE-4 Genotype Associated with Higher Hospital Costs?” American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2003.
  - Taylor, D. H., G. Fillenbaum, B. Burchett, and D. G. Blazer. “Is the APOE-4 Genotype Associated with Higher Hospital Costs?” American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 11 (2003): 75–82.
  - Taylor, Donald H., Gerda Fillenbaum, Bruce Burchett, and Dan G. Blazer. “Is the APOE epsilon4 genotype associated with higher hospital costs among elderly patients?” Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 11, no. 1 (January 2003): 75–82.
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  - Østbye, T., D. H. Taylor, A. M. M. Lee, G. Greenberg, and L. V. Scoyoc. “Racial differences in influenza vaccination among older Americans 1996-2000: Longitudinal analysis of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Asset and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) survey.” Bmc Public Health 3 (2003): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-3-1.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Lynn Van Scoyoc, and Sarah Tropman Hawley. “Health insurance and mammography: would a Medicare buy-in take us to universal screening?” Health Services Research 37, no. 6 (December 2002): 1469–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.01312.
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  - Sloan, F. A., V. K. Smith, and D. H. Taylor. “Information, addiction, and 'bad choices': Lessons from a century of cigarettes.” Economics Letters 77, no. 2 (October 1, 2002): 147–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1765(02)00134-9.
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  - Taylor, D. H., V. Hasselblad, S. J. Henley, M. J. Thun, and F. A. Sloan. “Benefits of smoking cessation for longevity. (vol 92, pg 990, 2002).” American Journal of Public Health 92, no. 9 (September 1, 2002): 1389–1389.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Gerda G. Fillenbaum, and Michael E. Ezell. “The accuracy of medicare claims data in identifying Alzheimer's disease.” J Clin Epidemiol 55, no. 9 (September 2002): 929–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0895-4356(02)00452-3.
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  - Sloan, Frank A., and Donald H. Taylor. “Effect of Alzheimer disease on the cost of treating other diseases.” Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 16, no. 3 (July 2002): 137–43. https://doi.org/10.1097/00002093-200207000-00002.
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  - Fillenbaum, Gerda G., Dan G. Blazer, Bruce M. Burchett, Ann M. Saunders, and Donald H. Taylor. “Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 and risk of mortality in African American and white older community residents.” Gerontologist 42, no. 3 (June 2002): 381–86. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/42.3.381.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., Vic Hasselblad, S Jane Henley, Michael J. Thun, and Frank A. Sloan. “Benefits of smoking cessation for longevity.” Am J Public Health 92, no. 6 (June 2002): 990–96. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.92.6.990.
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  - Taylor, Donald H. “What price for-profit hospitals?” Cmaj : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De L’Association Medicale Canadienne 166, no. 11 (May 2002): 1418–19.
  - Ostbye, Truls, Donald Hugh Taylor, Katrina M. Krause, and Lynn Van Scoyoc. “The role of smoking and other modifiable lifestyle risk factors in maintaining and restoring lower body mobility in middle-aged and older Americans: results from the HRS and AHEAD. Health and Retirement Study. Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old.” J Am Geriatr Soc 50, no. 4 (April 2002): 691–99. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50164.x.
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  - Østbye, Truls, Donald Hugh Taylor, and Sang-Hyuk Jung. “A longitudinal study of the effects of tobacco smoking and other modifiable risk factors on ill health in middle-aged and old Americans: results from the Health and Retirement Study and Asset and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old survey.” Prev Med 34, no. 3 (March 2002): 334–45. https://doi.org/10.1006/pmed.2001.0991.
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  - Devereaux, P., P. Choi, C. Lacchetti, B. Weaver, H. Schunemann, T. Haines, J. Lavis, et al. “Private for-profit ownership of hospitals may be associated with a slightly higher mortality rate than not-for-profit hospitals.” Evidence Based Healthcare 6, no. 4 (January 1, 2002): 139–40. https://doi.org/10.1054/ebhc.2002.0559.
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  - Smith, V. K., D. H. Taylor, F. A. Sloan, F. R. Johnson, and W. H. Desvousges. “Do smokers respond to health shocks?” Review of Economics and Statistics 83, no. 4 (November 1, 2001): 675–87. https://doi.org/10.1162/003465301753237759.
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  - Taylor, D. H., and T. Ostbye. “The effect of middle- and old-age body mass index on short-term mortality in older people.” J Am Geriatr Soc 49, no. 10 (October 2001): 1319–26. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49259.x.
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  - Taylor, D. H., M. Schenkman, J. Zhou, and F. A. Sloan. “The relative effect of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, disability, and comorbidities on cost of care for elderly persons.” The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 56, no. 5 (September 2001): S285–93. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/56.5.s285.
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  - Taylor, D. H. “What we know is not enough.” Contemporary Longterm Care 24, no. 7 (July 2001): 30–31.
  - Ostbye, T., D. H. Taylor, and S. H. Jung. “Effects of tobacco smoking and other modifiable risk factors on ill health: Results from HRS and ahead.” American Journal of Epidemiology 153, no. 11 (June 1, 2001): S59–S59.
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  - Sloan, F. A., G. A. Picone, D. H. Taylor, and S. Y. Chou. “Hospital ownership and cost and quality of care: is there a dime's worth of difference?” Journal of Health Economics 20, no. 1 (January 2001): 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-6296(00)00066-7.
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  - Sloan, F. A., H. Hoenig, and D. Taylor. “Assistive Technology is Associated with Reduced Use of Personal Assistance among Disabled Older Persons.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 49, no. 4 (2001): S13-A14.
  - Smith, V. K., D. H. Taylor, and F. A. Sloan. “Longevity expectations and death: Can people predict their own demise?” American Economic Review 91, no. 4 (January 1, 2001): 1126–34. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.91.4.1126.
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  - Taylor, D. H. “Alzheimer's Disease Cost: What We Know is Not Enough.” Contemporary Long Term Care 24, no. 7 (2001): 30–33.
  - Taylor, D. H., Margaret Schenkman, Jing Zhou, and Frank A. Sloan. “The Effect of Disability and Comorbidity on the Cost of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 56, no. 5 (2001): 285–93.
  - Taylor, Donald H., Donald H. Jr, Donald H. Truls, and Donald H. 216stbye. “The Relative Effect of Body Mass Index at Age 50 and Old Age on Mortality Among the Elderly.” The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 49 (2001): 1319–26.
  - Pathman, D. E., D. H. Taylor, T. R. Konrad, T. S. King, T. Harris, T. M. Henderson, J. D. Bernstein, et al. “State scholarship, loan forgiveness, and related programs: the unheralded safety net.” Jama 284, no. 16 (October 2000): 2084–92. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.284.16.2084.
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  - Taylor, D. H., and F. A. Sloan. “How much do persons with Alzheimer's disease cost Medicare?” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 48, no. 6 (June 2000): 639–46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04721.x.
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  - Pathman, D. E., T. R. Konrad, T. S. King, C. Spaulding, and D. H. Taylor. “Medical training debt and service commitments: the rural consequences.” The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association 16, no. 3 (January 2000): 264–72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-0361.2000.tb00471.x.
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  - Sloan, F. A., and D. H. Taylor. “Private and public choices in end-of-life care.” Jama 282, no. 21 (December 1999): 2078. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.282.21.2078.
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  - Taylor, D. H., F. A. Sloan, and E. C. Norton. “Formation of trusts and spend down to Medicaid.” J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 54, no. 4 (July 1999): S194–201. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/54b.4.s194.
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  - Sloan, F. A., D. H. Taylor, and G. Picone. “Costs and outcomes of hip fracture and stroke, 1984 to 1994.” American Journal of Public Health 89, no. 6 (June 1999): 935–37. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.89.6.935.
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  - Taylor, D. H., J. A. Quayle, and C. Roberts. “Retention of young general practitioners entering the NHS from 1991-1992.” The British Journal of General Practice : The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 49, no. 441 (April 1999): 277–80.
  - Sloan, Frank A., Donald H. Taylor, Donald H. Jr, and Gabriel Picone. “Cost and Outcomes of Stroke and Hip Fracture: Rising Costs but Better Outcomes?” American Journal of Public Health 89, no. 6 (1999): 935–37.
  - Sloan, Frank A., Donald H. Taylor, and Donald H. Jr. “End of Life Care: Private and Public Choices.” Jama 282, no. 21 (1999): 2078.
  - Sloan, Frank A., Gabriel Picone, Donald H. Taylor, and Shin-Yi Chou. “Does Where You are Admitted Make a Difference? An Analysis of Medicare Data,” January 1999.
  - Taylor, D. H. “Do targeted efforts for the rural underserved help kill comprehensive reform?” The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association 15, no. 1 (January 1999): 55–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-0361.1999.tb00598.x.
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  - Taylor, D. H., D. J. Whellan, and F. A. Sloan. “Effects of admission to a teaching hospital on the cost and quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries.” The New England Journal of Medicine 340, no. 4 (January 1999): 293–99. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199901283400408.
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  - Taylor, D. H., and A. Esmail. “Retrospective analysis of census data on general practitioners who qualified in South Asia: who will replace them as they retire?” Bmj (Clinical Research Ed.) 318, no. 7179 (January 1999): 306–10. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.318.7179.306.
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  - Taylor, D. H. “The natural life of policy indices: geographical problem areas in the U.S. and U.K.” Social Science & Medicine (1982) 47, no. 6 (September 1998): 713–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0277-9536(98)00109-9.
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  - Sloan, Frank A., Gabriel Picone, Donald H. Taylor, and Shin-Yi Chou. “Hospital Ownership and Cost and Quality of Care: is There a Dime&Apos;S Worth of Difference?,” August 1998.
  - Taylor, D. H., and B. Leese. “General practitioner turnover and migration in England 1990-94.” The British Journal of General Practice : The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 48, no. 428 (March 1998): 1070–72.
  - Taylor, D. H., and B. Leese. “Partnership changes in English general practice from 1990 to 1994.” Journal of Public Health Medicine 19, no. 3 (September 1997): 341–46. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024641.
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  - Taylor, D. H., and Brenda Leese. “Partnership Changes in General Practice, 1990-1994.” Journal of Public Health Medicine 19 (1997): 341–46.
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  - Carey, Timothy S., Joanne Garrett, Anne Jackman, Curtis McLaughlin, John Fryer, Douglas S. Smucker, and the North Carolina Back Pain Project. “The Outcomes and Costs of Care for Acute Low Back Pain Among Patients Seen by Primary Care Practitioners, Chiropractors, and Orthopedic Surgeons.” New England Journal of Medicine 333 (1995): 913–17.
  - Ricketts, T. C., D. H. Taylor, and L. A. Savitz. “Using Logistic Regression to make County‐level Estimates of the Medically Uninsured in North Carolina.” Review of Policy Research 14, no. 3–4 (January 1, 1995): 323–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1995.tb00714.x.
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  - Taylor, D. H. “Review of My Own Country.” The Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 6 (1995): 41–41.
  - Taylor, D. H., C. Thomas, and I. I. I. Ricketts. “Increasing Obstetrical Care Access to the Rural Poor.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 4 (1994): 27–35.
  - Taylor, D. H., and T. C. Ricketts. “Helping nurse-midwives provide obstetrical care in rural North Carolina.” American Journal of Public Health 83, no. 6 (June 1993): 904–5. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.83.6.904.
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  - Taylor, D. H., C. Thomas, and I. I. I. Ricketts. “Helping Nurse-Midwives Provide Obstetrical Care.” American Journal of Public Health 83 (1993): 904–5.
  - Taylor, D. H., and T. C. Ricketts. “Increasing obstetrical care access to the rural poor.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 4, no. 1 (January 1993): 9–20. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2010.0107.
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  - Taylor, D. H., T. C. Ricketts, J. L. Berman, and J. T. Kolimaga. “One state's response to the malpractice insurance crisis: North Carolina's Rural Obstetrical Care Incentive Program.” Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 107, no. 5 (September 1992): 523–29.
  - Taylor Thomas, D. H., C. Ricketts, I. I. I. Jess, L. Berman Jane, and T. Kolimaga. “A State's Response to the Liability Crisis: North Carolina's Rural Obstetrical Care Incentive (ROCI) Program.” Public Health Reports, 1992, 523–29.
- Book Sections
  - Taylor, D. H. “The Cost of Dementia.” In Research and Practice in Alzheimers Disease, edited by B. Vella and L. J. Fitten, 7:222–26. Paris, Serdi, 2003.
  - Sloan, Frank A., V Kerry Smith, and Jr Donald H Taylor. “Are Smokers Too Optimistic?” In The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse: The Experience of Developed Countries and Lessons for Developing Countries, edited by Michael Grossman and Chee-Ruey Hsieh. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2001.
  - Taylor, D. H. “the Cost of Alzheimer’s Disease.” In Research and Practice in Alzheimers Disease, edited by B. Vella and L. J. Fitten, 56:222–26. Paris: Serdi, 2001.
  - Sloan, Frank A., Jr Donald H Taylor, and Christopher Conover. “Hospital Conversions: Is the Purchase Price Too Low?” In The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions, edited by David M. Cutler, 13–44. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
  - Sloan, Frank A., Gabriel Picone, Jr Donald H Taylor, and Shin-Yi Chou. “Does Where You are Admitted Make A Difference?” In Frontiers of Health Policy Research, edited by Alan M. Garber, 2:1–27. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research and MIT Press, 1999.
  - Sloan, Frank A., and Jr Donald H Taylor. “Does Ownership Affect the Cost of Medicare?” In Medicare Reform: Issues and Answers, edited by Andrew J. Rettenmaier and Thomas R. Saving, 99–130. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999.
- Other Articles
  - Taylor, D. H. “Duke wants scholarship to rival Morehead.” Raleigh News & Observer, December 2008.
  - Taylor, D. H. “Duke wants scholarship to rival Morehead.” Raleigh News & Observer, December 2008.
  - Taylor, D. H. “Honoring by saving.” Raleigh, (Nc), News and Observer, 2008.
  - Taylor, D. H. “"Hospice Saves Medicare Money.” XM157 Radio, January 2008.
  - Taylor, D. H. “The Cost of Aging in N.C.” North Carolina Public Radio News, January 2008.
  - Taylor, D. H. “Puffing away your paycheck–the cost of smoking,” 2008.
  - Taylor, D. H. “A Condemned Man’s DNA Appeal,” 2006.
  - Taylor, D. H. “Long Term Care Insurance that Works.” The Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, 2001.
  - Taylor, D. H. “Timely Flood Aid from N.C.’s Refund.” The Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, 1999.
  - Conover, Christopher, Hester Haverkamp, Frank A. Sloan, and Jr Donald H Taylor. “Hospital Conversions Manual for North and South Carolina.” prepared for the Duke Endowment and the Self and Fullerton Foundations, August 1998.
  - Taylor, D. H. “Why Should It Take A Hurricane Fran?” The Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, 1996.
  - Thomas C Ricketts, I. I. I., and Jr Donald H Taylor. “Examining Alternative Measures of Underservice.” Proceedings of the 1995 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Health Statistics, July 1995.
  - Taylor, D. H., I. I. I. Thomas C Ricketts, Jane Kolimaga, and Hilda A. Howard. “The Measurement of Underservice and Provider Shortage in the United States: A Policy Analysis.” Working Paper #33, Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, N.C., June 1995.
  - Thomas C Ricketts, I. I. I., and Jr Donald H Taylor. “Executive Summary: Examining Alternative Measures of Rural Underservice.” Working Paper #39, Rural Health Research Program, Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, N.C., June 1995.
  - Taylor, D. H. “Alternative Measures of Medical Underservice: A Proposal and Assessment.” Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C., April 1995.
  - Taylor, D. H. “Rural Health Care Reform Is A Matter of Will, Not Ways.” The Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, 1995.
  - Joines, Jerry D., Jr Donald H Taylor, Joanne M. Garrett, Thomas C. Ricketts, and Timothy S. Carey. “Urban/Rural Differences in Care Seeking for Adults With Acute Severe Low Back Pain.” Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services, Chapel Hill, N.C., April 1994.
  - Taylor, D. H., I. I. I. Thomas C Ricketts, and Jane Kolimaga. “Defining Underservice and Physician Shortage Areas in Historical and Future Contexts.” Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel HIll, N.C., April 1994.
  - Joines, Jerry D., Jr Donald H Taylor, I. I. I. Thomas C Ricketts, and Timothy S. Carey. “Regional and Urban-Rural Differences in Care-Seeking and Choice of Provider for Adults with Acute Low Back Pain.” Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1994.
  - Thomas C Ricketts, I. I. I., Jane Kolimaga, Jr Donald H Taylor, and Lucy A. Savitz. “Study of Health Insurance Coverage for Prenatal and Maternal Delivery Services in North Carolina.” Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1993.
  - Taylor, D. H., I. I. I. Thomas C Ricketts, and Richard Langholz. “A Response to the Liability Crisis: The First Three Years of North Carolina’s Rural Obstetrical Care Incentive (ROCI) Program.” N.C. Rural Health Research Program, Chapel Hill. Working Paper Series, November 1991.
- Conference Papers
  - Mentz, Robert J., Christopher M. O’Connor, Bradi B. Granger, Hongqiu Yang, Chetan B. Patel, Karen E. Steinhauser, Mona Fiuzat, et al. “Palliative care and hospital readmissions in patients with advanced heart failure: Insights from the PAL-HF trial.” In Am Heart J, 204:202–4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2018.07.010.
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  - Granger, Bradi B., Hongqiu Yang, Robert J. Mentz, Daniel B. Mark, Donald H. Taylor, Karen E. Steinhauser, Gwen C. Dodson, et al. “The Impact of a Palliative Care Intervention on Polypharmacy in Advanced HF: Results From Pal-HF.” In Circulation, Vol. 136. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2017.
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  - Gable, Callie Lynne, Donald H. Taylor, and Yousuf Zafar. “Health plan selection and out-of-pocket costs for cancer patients in the health insurance exchange.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 34:6504–6504. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2016. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2016.34.15_suppl.6504.
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  - Doraiswamy, P. M., Donald H. Taylor, and Frank A. Sloan. “P2-249 Marked increase in Alzheimer's disease identified in medicare claims records between 1991 and 1999.” In Neurobiology of Aging, 25:S303–S303. Elsevier BV, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0197-4580(04)80995-3.
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  - Taylor, Donald H., P. M. Doraiswamy, and Frank A. Sloan. “P4-041 Rates of diagnosis of vascular dementia over 10 years in the United States medicare claims records.” In Neurobiology of Aging, 25:S484–S484. Elsevier BV, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0197-4580(04)81599-9.
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  - Sloan, F. A., D. H. Taylor, and C. J. Conover. “Hospital conversions - Is the purchase price too low?” In Changing Hospital Industry, edited by D. M. Cutler, 13–44. UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2000.
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  - Sloan, F. A., and D. H. Taylor. “Does ownership affect the cost of Medicare?” In Medicare Reform: Issues and Answers, edited by A. J. Rettenmaier and T. R. Saving, 1:99–129. UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 1999.
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