What is the actual intention of doing sentinel surveillance?
Sentinel surveillance A method for identifying the missing cases and thereby supplementing the notified case is required Sentinel surveillance is extrapolated to the entire population to estimate the disease prevalence in the total population(Refer: K. Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 24th edition, pg no: 45)
To know the total number of cases
For health planning
To know the natural history of the disease
To prevent the disease
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