Mortality Associated with Infectious Diseases in Dutch Nursing Homes.

Background: Although older people in nursing homes have a larger susceptibility to infectious diseases, the extent to which infectious diseases contribute to their mortality is unknown. Therefore, we quantified the associations between seasonal infectious diseases and all-cause mortality in Dutch nursing homes.

Methods: We analyzed time series (January 2009 to December 2021) of the weekly sentinel surveillance of infectious diseases in Dutch nursing homes.