Register-based surveillance of COVID-19 in nursing homes.

Anders Skyrud DanielsenPascale-Renée CyrThale Cathrine BergEirik JønsbergHanne-Merete Eriksen-VolleOliver Kacelnik

Published in: Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke (2022)

Nursing home residents have a high background mortality, so despite the high lethality of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the high proportion of the COVID-19-related deaths that have occurred in nursing homes, COVID-19-related deaths accounted for a relatively minor proportion of all deaths among nursing home residents.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
public health
cardiovascular disease
drug induced