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Hospital readmissions of frail older individuals: the challenge of anticipating end-of-life care
Fabien Visade, Chloé Prodhomme, Jean‐Baptiste Beuscart. Frontiers in Medicine, 2025-07-16
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
The latter often experience a loss of functional independence and geriatric syndromes including falls, undernutrition and neurocognitive disorders (1) requiring significant care that generates health expenditure. The frailest individuals, which make up a significant proportion of this population, require the most care, including multiple hospitalizations. Other research indicates that end-of-life patients would prefer home care to be with their family (4). The literature indicates that it is easier to implement an ACP when the olderelderly patient has a wellidentified terminal-stage disease (8).
Key findings
- The latter often experience a loss of functional independence and geriatric syndromes including falls, undernutrition and neurocognitive disorders (1) requiring significant care that generates health expenditure.
- The frailest individuals, which make up a significant proportion of this population, require the most care, including multiple hospitalizations.
- Other research indicates that end-of-life patients would prefer home care to be with their family (4).
- The literature indicates that it is easier to implement an ACP when the olderelderly patient has a wellidentified terminal-stage disease (8).
Why it matters
This paper discusses hospital readmissions in frail older individuals and notes that the literature indicates it is easier to implement advance care planning when an older patient has a well-identified terminal-stage disease. It is a discussion of existing literature rather than a study testing a treatment, cure, or prevention.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 34/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Frontiers in Medicine) |
| Journal's citation record | 1 / 4 | Frontiers in Medicine: journal h-index 149 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 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 | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 1 / 7 | Cited 1 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.3 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025 |
| Impact for its field and year | 1 / 6 | Cited 0.8× 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 1 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Jean‐Baptiste Beuscart: h-index 25 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 1 / 3 | Université de Lille: institution h-index 708 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 2 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 4 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 40740940) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Total | 34 / 100 | — |
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- DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1624555
- PubMed: 40740940
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APA 7th
Visade, F., Prodhomme, C., & Beuscart, J. (2025). Hospital readmissions of frail older individuals: the challenge of anticipating end-of-life care. Frontiers in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1624555
Vancouver
Visade F, Prodhomme C, Beuscart J. Hospital readmissions of frail older individuals: the challenge of anticipating end-of-life care. Frontiers in Medicine. 2025. doi:10.3389/fmed.2025.1624555. PMID: 40740940.
BibTeX
@article{visade2025-40740940,
author = {Visade, Fabien and Prodhomme, Chloé and Beuscart, Jean‐Baptiste},
title = {{Hospital readmissions of frail older individuals: the challenge of anticipating end-of-life care}},
journal = {Frontiers in Medicine},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.3389/fmed.2025.1624555},
pmid = {40740940},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1624555}
}
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