After COVID-19 vaccinations: what does living and working in nursing homes look like?

Judith H J Urlings1,2, Ramona Backhaus3,4, Hilde Verbeek3,4

  • 1Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Postbus 616, 6200, MD Maastricht, the Netherlands. j.urlings@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

BMC Geriatrics
|May 16, 2023
PubMed
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