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Palliative care and the search for value in health reformDonald H Taylor
Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 112 Rubenstein Hall, Durham, NC, USA
N C Med J 72:229-31. 2011..Palliative care addresses symptoms of disease regardless of prognosis, helps patients clarify their goals of care, and is key in improving value in the health care system...
Genetic testing for Alzheimer's and long-term care insuranceDonald H Taylor
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:102-8. 2010..Policymakers will eventually need to confront the issue of the use of this and other markers in the pricing of long-term care insurance...- What length of hospice use maximizes reduction in medical expenditures near death in the US Medicare program?Donald H Taylor
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University Durham, Durham, NC, USA
Soc Sci Med 65:1466-78. 2007..Given the length of hospice use observed in the Medicare program, increasing the length of hospice use for 7 in 10 Medicare hospice users would increase savings... 
Trajectories of caregiving time provided by wives to their husbands with dementiaDonald H Taylor
Duke University Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 22:131-6. 2008..GGMM are well suited for the identification of distinct trajectory classes. Here they show that there are large differences in caregiving time provided to persons with dementia, who seem to be quite similar...- The effect of hospice on Medicare and informal care costs: the U.S. ExperienceDonald H Taylor
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0239, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 38:110-4. 2009..The Medicare program is supposed to provide necessary and reasonable care to beneficiaries, and hospice would easily pass any such assessment... - The accuracy of Medicare claims as an epidemiological tool: the case of dementia revisitedDonald H Taylor
Center for Health Policy, Sanford Duke School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
J Alzheimers Dis 17:807-15. 2009..The use of Medicare claims to identify dementia results in an overstatement of the increase in Medicare costs that are due to dementia... - 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) StudyTruls Østbye
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1623-30. 2005..We evaluated the association between body mass index (BMI) and receipt of screening mammography and Papanicolaou tests among middle-aged women and the association between BMI and receipt of influenza vaccination among the elderly... - Identification of dementia: agreement among national survey data, medicare claims, and death certificatesTruls Ostbye
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Center for Health Policy, School of Nursing, Duke University Medical Center, Box 2914 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Health Serv Res 43:313-26. 2008..To estimate the proportion of seniors with dementia from three independent data sources and their agreement... - 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)Truls Ostbye
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Ann Fam Med 1:209-17. 2003..We wanted to determine the frequency of self-reported receipt of screening mammography and Papanicolaou (Pap) tests in older women and investigate important predictors of utilization, based on 2 national longitudinal surveys... - Is the APOE epsilon4 genotype associated with higher hospital costs among elderly patients?Donald H Taylor
Department of Public Policy Studies, Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 11:75-82. 2003.... - The effect of equipment usage and residual task difficulty on use of personal assistance, days in bed, and nursing home placementDonald H Taylor
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:72-9. 2004..To determine whether residual difficulty in functioning in spite of equipment use is linked with increased use of personal assistance... - Is a home-care network necessary to access the Medicare hospice benefit?Courtney Harold Van Houtven
Center for Health Services Research and Development in Primary Care, VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Palliat Med 12:687-94. 2009..To test whether the presence of an informal or formal care network in the home leads to different hospice utilization patterns near death. To examine how the informal care relationship affects hospice use patterns... - Identifying trajectories of depressive symptoms for women caring for their husbands with dementiaDonald H Taylor
Center for Health Policy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:322-7. 2008.... - The effect of smoking on years of healthy life (YHL) lost among middle-aged and older AmericansTruls Østbye
Duke University Medical Center, Box 2914, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Health Serv Res 39:531-52. 2004..To estimate the effects of smoking on quality of life over time, using the Years of Healthy Life (YHL) construct... - Do seniors understand their risk of moving to a nursing home?Donald H Taylor
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, 125 Old Chemistry Building, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Health Serv Res 40:811-28. 2005..Data Sources. We used longitudinal data from the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) database. AHEAD is a nationally representative survey (n=8,203) of community dwellers aged 70+ years and their spouses... - Access to health care services for the disabled elderlyDonald H Taylor
Duke University Center for Health Policy, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, 302 Towerview Road, Box 90253, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Health Serv Res 41:743-58. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Difficulty walking and use of compensatory strategies are correlated with the use of Medicare-financed services. The potential impact on the Medicare program is large, given how common such limitations are among the elderly... - The accuracy of medicare claims data in identifying Alzheimer's diseaseDonald H Taylor
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, 122 Old Chemistry Building, Box 90253, Durham, NC 27708, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 55:929-37. 2002..The data indicate that at least 3 consecutive years of physician supplier and physician outpatient claim files should be used to identify Medicare beneficiaries with AD using Medicare claims... - Marked increase in Alzheimer's disease identified in medicare claims records between 1991 and 1999Donald H Taylor
Box 90253, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:762-6. 2004..Examining longitudinal trends in the number of persons who are identified as having AD in administrative databases may provide insights into this phenomenon... - Effect of Alzheimer disease on the cost of treating other diseasesFrank A Sloan
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 16:137-43. 2002..Persons with diagnosed AD cost Medicare more because of more adverse health events rather than in intensity of care, given event occurrence... - Lower extremity physical performance and use of compensatory strategies for mobilityHelen Hoenig
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Division of Geriatrics, Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:262-9. 2006..To compare measured lower extremity physical performance in the clinic with the methods used to carry out mobility tasks at home and to identify key factors influencing day-to-day task performance... - Characterizing hospice discharge patterns in a nationally representative sample of the elderly, 1993-2000Donald H Taylor
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 25:9-15. 2008..After controlling for survival time, costs per day survived are similar for all groups. This study suggests several motivations for being discharged alive that are worthy of more research... - 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) surveyTruls Østbye
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center Box 3914, Durham, NC 27710, United States of America
BMC Public Health 3:41. 2003..Influenza is a common and serious public health problem among the elderly. The influenza vaccine is safe and effective... - What price for-profit hospitals?Donald H Taylor
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
CMAJ 166:1418-9. 2002 - Alzheimer's disease and the family caregiver: the cost and who pays?Donald H Taylor
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
N C Med J 66:16-23. 2005 - Does assistive technology substitute for personal assistance among the disabled elderly?Helen Hoenig
Department of Medicine Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Am J Public Health 93:330-7. 2003..This study examined whether use of equipment (technological assistance) to cope with disability was associated with use of fewer hours of help from another person (personal assistance)... - Heavy alcohol use and marital dissolution in the USAJan Ostermann
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University, Box 90253, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Soc Sci Med 61:2304-16. 2005..Our findings on alcohol use and marital dissolution were highly robust in alternative specifications... - Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 and risk of mortality in African American and white older community residentsGerda G Fillenbaum
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Gerontologist 42:381-6. 2002..The goal of this study was to determine whether the epsilon4 allele of apolipoprotein E is predictive of mortality in a community-based sample... - Health insurance and mammography: would a Medicare buy-in take us to universal screening?Donald H Taylor
Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Health Serv Res 37:1469-86. 2002..To determine whether health insurance expansions via a Medicare buy-in might plausibly increase mammography screening rates among women aged 50-64... - Number of children associated with obesity in middle-aged women and men: results from the health and retirement studyHaoling H Weng
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:85-91. 2004..These results suggest a similar association among men. Public health interventions focused on obesity prevention should target both parents, especially those parents with several children... - Equal division of estates and the exchange motiveEdward C Norton
Department of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599 7411, USA
J Aging Soc Policy 17:63-82. 2005..The models control for selection, because many decedents do not file a record in probate court... - Benefits of smoking cessation for longevityDonald H Taylor
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Am J Public Health 92:990-6. 2002..This study determined the life extension obtained from stopping smoking at various ages... - The impact of own and spouse's urinary incontinence on depressive symptomsNancy H Fultz
Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, G135C Lane Hall, 204 South State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1290, USA
Soc Sci Med 60:2537-48. 2005..Our findings also suggest the importance of considering the patient's mental health within a wider context, particularly including the physical and mental health of the patient's spouse... - Outcomes of states' scholarship, loan repayment, and related programs for physiciansDonald E Pathman
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Med Care 42:560-8. 2004....