Sentinel Surveillance
Synonyms
Event, Sentinel Health
Events, Sentinel Health
Health Event, Sentinel
Health Events, Sentinel
Sentinel Health Event
Sentinel Health Events
Sentinel Surveillances
Surveillance, Sentinel
Surveillances, Sentinel
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)