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302 Towerview Rd., 112 Rubenstein Hall
Durham, NC 27708
Box 90253, 112 Rubenstein Hall
Durham, NC 27708-0253

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(919) 613-9357

Email

don.taylor@duke.edu

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Recent Courses

PUBPOL 825: Topics in Health Policy
PUBPOL 792: Special Readings in Public Policy Studies
SOCIOL 271: Comparative Health Care Systems
HLTHMGMT 716: Management of Health Systems and Policy
POLSCI 355: Comparative Health Care Systems

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Donald H. Taylor
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor of Business Administration
Professor of Business Adminstration
Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute
Member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute

Areas of Expertise

  • Health Policy--United States
  • Health Care Reform
  • Health Economics
  • Health Insurance
  • Hospice Care
  • Long-term care
  • Medical Care--Access
  • Older people--care
  • Smoking-Law and legislation-United States

Education

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1995)
M.P.P., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1992)
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1990)
Mitch McConnell

GOP Senate’s Health Care Bill Would Profoundly Change NC Medicaid
US Capitol Building.

New York Times: Millions Risk Losing Health Insurance in Republican Plan, Analysts Say (Prof. Don Taylor)

Podcast episode featuring Don Taylor's work:

 

Bio

Representative Publications

A Positive Association Between Hospice Profit Margin And The Rate At Which Patients Are Discharged Before Death. Health Affairs (07/2017)
Comparing the Palliative Care Needs of Those With Cancer to Those With Common Non-Cancer Serious Illness. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (06/2017)
Death of outrage over talking about dying. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (02/2017)
The Case for Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal (01/2017)
Hospital-Based Palliative Care with Medicare Claims. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine (01/2017)
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Selected Grants

Implementing Best Practice in Palliative Care (Co Investigator)
Supporting Medicaid Reform in North Carolina (Advisor)
Timely Guidance on Payment and Coverage Reform (Principal Investigator)
Increasing Patient and System Value with Community Based Palliative Care (Principal Investigator)
Implementing Best Practice in Palliative Care (Co Investigator)
Caregivers' Reactions and Experience: Imaging Dementia - Evidence for Amyloid Scanning - CARE IDEAS (Co Investigator)
Increasing Patient and System Value with Community Based Palliative Care (Principal Investigator)
Palliative Care in Heart Failure (PAL-HF) (Co Investigator)
Hospice to Palliative Care: Maximizing Patient Preference and Cost Savings (Principal Investigator)
Organizational Variability and Racial Disparities in Hospice Use (Advisor)

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