The most impoant function of sentinel surveillance is -: (A) To find the total amount of disease in a population, (B) To plan effective control measures, (C) to determine the trend of disease in a population, (D) To notify disease
Answer is A. Ans. is 'a' i.e., To find the total amount of disease in a population The sentinel data is extrapolated to the entire population to estimate the disease prevalence in the total population. o So, it helps in estimating the total amount of disease in a community. Advantages of sentinel surveillance i) Repoing Bias is minimized ii) Feed-back information is simplified