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FACULTY DIRECTORY |
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DTPH, Tropical PH, London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine, 1966
MD, Yale University School of Medicine, 1957
BA, Cornell University, 1953
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James Zimmer, MD
Professor Emeritus,
Division of Health Services Research,
Community & Preventive Medicine
Contact Information:
University of Rochester
Community & Preventive Medicine
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 644
Rochester, NY 14642
Office: 4-W315
Phone: (585) 275-2831
Email: james_zimmer@urmc.rochester.edu
Research:
Health services research on aging and long term care.
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OVERVIEW
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| The major emphases in my research over
many years have been on health services for chronic illnesses
and disability, particularly those of the aging population, in
the areas of nursing home care, home care and care (case) management.
A number of the studies I have directed or been involved in have
been randomized controlled trials of interventions designed to
improve care and health outcomes of community residing disabled
and chronically ill older adults. |
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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- Watson, N.M., Brink, C.A., Zimmer, J., Mayer, R. Use of the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research Urinary Incontinence Guideline in nursing homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 51:1779-1786, 2003.
- Zimmer, J.G.: Editorial: Hospitalization versus acute care in nursing Homes. Nursing Home Medicine. 6:35-36, 1998.
- Zimmer, J.G., Review of article, Mayeux, R., Schupf, N., Apolipoprotein E \ and Alzheimer’s Disease: The implications of progress in molecular medicine. (Amer J. Pub. Health, 85:1280-1284, 1995.) Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1998.
- Mukamel, D.B., Chou,C.C., Zimmer, J.G., Rothenberg, B.M.: The effect of accurate patient screening on the cost-effectiveness of case management programs. Gerontologist 37:777-784, 1997.
- Zimmer, J.G.: Expanding role of nursing homes in the continuum of care: from chronic to acute. Nursing Home Medicine - The Annals of Long-Term Care, Official Journal of the American Medical Directors Assocation. 5:91-96, 1997.
- Zimmer, J.G., Hall, W.W.: Nursing home acquired pneumonia: avoiding the hospital. Editorial in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 45:380-38l, l997.
- Zimmer, J.G., Rothenberg, B.M., Andresen, E.M.: Functional Assessment, Chapter 1 in Assessing the Health Status Of Older Adults, Andresen, E.M., Rothenberg, B.M., Zimmer, J.G. (Editors). Springer Publishing Company, New York, N.Y., l997.
- Andresen, E.M., Rothenberg, B.M.,Zimmer, J.G. (Editors): Assessing the Health Status Of Older Adults. Springer Publishing Company, New York, N.Y., l997.
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