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Robert M. Palmer
Researcher at Eastern Virginia Medical School
Publications - 51
Citations - 6548
Robert M. Palmer is an academic researcher from Eastern Virginia Medical School. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acute care & Activities of daily living. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 49 publications receiving 6110 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert M. Palmer include Case Western Reserve University & Cleveland Clinic.
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Loss of independence in activities of daily living in older adults hospitalized with medical illnesses: increased vulnerability with age.
Kenneth E. Covinsky,Robert M. Palmer,Richard H. Fortinsky,S R Counsell,Anita L. Stewart,Denise M. Kresevic,Christopher J. Burant,C. Seth Landefeld +7 more
TL;DR: The changes in activities of daily living function occurring before and after hospital admission in older people hospitalized with medical illness are described and the effect of age on loss of ADL function is assessed.
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A Randomized Trial of Care in a Hospital Medical Unit Especially Designed to Improve the Functional Outcomes of Acutely Ill Older Patients
TL;DR: Specific changes in the provision of acute hospital care can improve the ability of a heterogeneous group of acutely ill older patients to perform basic activities of daily living at the time of discharge from the hospital and can reduce the frequency of discharge to institutions for long-term care.
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Development and validation of a prognostic index for 1-year mortality in older adults after hospitalization.
Louise C. Walter,Richard J. Brand,Steven R. Counsell,Robert M. Palmer,C. Seth Landefeld,Richard H. Fortinsky,Kenneth E. Covinsky +6 more
TL;DR: The prognostic index, which used 6 risk factors known at discharge and a simple additive point system to stratify medical patients 70 years or older according to 1-year mortality after hospitalization, had good discrimination and calibration and generalized well in an independent sample of patients at a different site.
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Effects of a Multicomponent Intervention on Functional Outcomes and Process of Care in Hospitalized Older Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Acute Care for Elders (ACE) in a Community Hospital
Steven R. Counsell,Steven R. Counsell,Carolyn Holder,Laura L. Liebenauer,Laura L. Liebenauer,Robert M. Palmer,Richard H. Fortinsky,Denise M. Kresevic,Linda M. Quinn,Kyle Allen,Kyle Allen,Kenneth E. Covinsky,Kenneth E. Covinsky,C. Seth Landefeld,C. Seth Landefeld +14 more
TL;DR: Older persons frequently experience a decline in function following an acute medical illness and hospitalization, according to research published in JAMA Oncology.
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Measuring Prognosis and Case Mix in Hospitalized Elders: The Importance of Functional Status
TL;DR: ADL function contains important information about prognosis and case mix beyond that provided by routine physiologic data and comorbidities in hospitalized elders, and improved the discrimination of hospital and 1-year mortality models.