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Editor’s view
David J Stott. Age and Ageing, 2018-11-29
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Greater spend on social care (including availability of care home places) was associated with reduced spend in health care, with shorter length of hospital stay and decrease in readmissions. Malnutrition has doubled the rates in rural versus urban areas and is more common in older women than men.
Key findings
- Greater spend on social care (including availability of care home places) was associated with reduced spend in health care, with shorter length of hospital stay and decrease in readmissions.
- Malnutrition has doubled the rates in rural versus urban areas and is more common in older women than men.
Why it matters
This editorial view reports that greater spending on social care, including care home places, was associated with reduced health care spending, shorter hospital stays, and fewer readmissions. It also notes that malnutrition is twice as common in rural versus urban areas and more common in older women than men.
Study details
- Study designrandomized controlled trial
- Evidence strengthHigh
How this study scored 44/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a randomised controlled trial. Scored zero for sample size, effect reported and studied in people because the record does not state it. We have no data on senior author's track record and institution's track record, so those were left out: it earned 41 of the 93 points we could judge it on, which is 44 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Age and Ageing) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | Age and Ageing: journal h-index 231 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 11 / 12 | A randomised controlled trial |
| Strength of evidence | 5 / 5 | Rated “high” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2018 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 1 / 2 | Randomised (as stated in the record) |
| Times cited | 0 / 7 | Cited 0 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.0 citations a year over 10 year(s) since 2018 |
| Impact for its field and year | 0 / 6 | Cited 0.0× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author David J Stott holds only 6 work(s), too few to judge a track record — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 0 institution(s) in 0 countries — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Points | 41 / 93 | Scored on 18 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 41 of the 93 points we could judge it on is 44 out of 100. |
| Total | 44 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Stott, D. J. (2018). Editor’s view. Age and Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy187
Vancouver
Stott DJ. Editor’s view. Age and Ageing. 2018. doi:10.1093/ageing/afy187.
BibTeX
@article{stott2018-310f7413,
author = {Stott, David J},
title = {{Editor’s view}},
journal = {Age and Ageing},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.1093/ageing/afy187},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy187}
}