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Donald H. Taylor Jr.

Donald H. Taylor Jr.

Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
don.taylor@duke.edu
110 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708-0312
110 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708

Featured Works

Balancing the Budget is a Progressive Priority

Book · January 1, 2012 Featured Work Progressives need a balanced federal budget more than Conservatives, because they believe that government has an important role to play in modern life. Lack of a long term plan to move toward a sustainable budget crowds out short term Progressive prioritie ... Full text Cite

Genetic testing for Alzheimer's and long-term care insurance.

Journal article Health Aff (Millwood) · 2010 Featured Work A genetic marker known as apolipoprotein E provides a clear signal of a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and thus that person's future need for long-term care. People who find that they have the variant of the trait that increases Alzheimer' ... Full text Link to item Cite

What length of hospice use maximizes reduction in medical expenditures near death in the US Medicare program?

Journal article Soc Sci Med · October 2007 Featured Work Hospices have been expected to reduce health expenditures since their addition to the US Medicare benefit package in the early-1980s, but the literature on their ability to do so is mixed. The contradictory findings noted in previous studies may be due to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Marked increase in Alzheimer's disease identified in medicare claims records between 1991 and 1999.

Journal article J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci · July 2004 Featured Work BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic evidence suggests that African Americans have higher rates of Alzheimer's disease (AD) than do whites. Examining longitudinal trends in the number of persons who are identified as having AD in administrative databases may provide ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of equipment usage and residual task difficulty on use of personal assistance, days in bed, and nursing home placement.

Journal article J Am Geriatr Soc · January 2004 Featured Work OBJECTIVES: To determine whether residual difficulty in functioning in spite of equipment use is linked with increased use of personal assistance. DESIGN: Longitudinal. Two waves of the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) database were u ... Full text Link to item Cite