Dr Taylor joined the Australian Institute for Primary Care & Ageing in November 2005 and has worked on a number of projects relating to community health and health systems development. Dr Taylor is currently Research Fellow to Professor Hal Swerissen, Dean of Health Sciences and Pro Vice Chancellor (Regional) and Professor Rhonda Nay, Director of the Australian Institute for Primary Care & Ageing. Dr Taylor’s research interests include:
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Primary care system performance
- Medicare design for improved chronic disease management
- The influence of Medicare regulatory/administrative burden on general practice
- State/territory jurisdictional differences in the federal health care programs
- Socioeconomic inequalities in health care.
Dr Taylor is a registered pharmacist and is currently undertaking the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice at the Australian National University for admission as a legal practitioner in Victoria. Dr Taylor is a former Director of Darebin Community Health Ltd and a current Associate Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management.
Professional membership and registration
Pharmacist (non-practicing), Pharmacy Board of Australia
Associate Fellow, Australasian College of Health Service Management
Member, Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law
Member, Law Institute of Victoria
Selected publications, media, submissions and reports
MJ Taylor, D Horey, C Livingstone and H Swerissen (2010) “Decline with a Capital D: Long-term Changes in GP Consultation Patterns across Australia.” Medical Journal of Australia 193: 80-83 [PubMed]
MJ Taylor and H Swerissen (2010) ‘Medicare and Chronic Disease Management: Integrated Care as an Exceptional Circumstance?’ Australian Health Review 34(2): 152-161 [PubMed].H Swerissen and MJ Taylor (2008) ‘Reforming Funding for Chronic Illness: Medicare CDM’ Australian Health Review 32(1): 76-84[PubMed].
M Taylor and C Livingstone, ‘Health care is not just another commodity’ The National Times, 26 March 2010.
C Livingstone and M Taylor, ‘How the rich get well - and enjoy subsidies’ The Age 24 February 2010, p 15.
M Taylor and D Horey, “Submission to the Inquiry into the National Health and Hospitals Network Bill 2010” Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, Parliament of Australia (August 2010) [PoA]
M Taylor, “Submission to the Inquiry into Council of Australian Government Reforms relating to Health and Hospitals” Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration, Parliament of Australia (May 2010) [PoA]
MJ Taylor, D Horey and H Swerissen, ‘Statewide Evaluation of the Early Intervention in Chronic Disease in Community Health Services Initiative: Final Report.’ Report submitted to the Primary Health Branch, Victorian Government Department of Human Services, October 2008.
H Swerissen and MJ Taylor, ‘System Reform and Development for Chronic Disease Management’ Report submitted to Queensland Health, February 2008.
H Swerissen and MJ Taylor, ‘Clinical Governance in Community Health Services: Development of a Clinical Indicator Framework’ Report submitted to the Victorian Government Department of Human Services, March 2007.
MJ Taylor (2006) ‘An Examination of the Aesthetic Qualities of Medical Science: Simplicity, Elegance and the One Gene-One Disease Assumption’ PhD thesis: School of Philosophy and Bioethics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University [Monash Thesis Repository].
Phone:
+61 3 9479 5987
Fax: +61 3 9479 5977
Email: michael.taylor@latrobe.edu.au
Location: Level 5, Health Sciences Building 2, Melbourne (Bundoora
Campus), La Trobe University
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