[Trends in place of death for nursing home residents in an urban district during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of death registry data].

Background: The nursing home is a common place of death; however, little is known about the place of death with respect to the people living there. Was there a difference in the frequencies of the places of death of nursing home residents in an urban district and in the individual facilities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Methods: Full survey of deaths by retrospective analysis of death registry data from the years 2018 to 2021.

Results: Over the four-year period 14,598 people died, with 3,288 (22.