Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Sentinel Surveillance

Monitoring of rate of occurrence of specific conditions to assess the stability or change in health levels of a population. It is also the study of disease rates in a specific cohort such as in a geographic area or population subgroup to estimate trends in a larger population. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)

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Abstract

Monitoring of rate of occurrence of specific conditions to assess the stability or change in health levels of a population. It is also the study of disease rates in a specific cohort such as in a geographic area or population subgroup to estimate trends in a larger population. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)

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  • Biosurveillance Systems
  • Syndromic Surveillance
  • Biosurveillance System
  • Surveillance, Sentinel
  • Surveillance, Syndromic
  • Sentinel Health Event
  • Health Event, Sentinel

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  • Population Surveillance (1983-1994)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sentinel Surveillance. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018571. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018571
  2. Sentinel Surveillance. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_surveillance
  3. Sentinel Surveillance. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70334668