The most impoant function of sentinel surveillance is
Sentinal surveillance It estimates disease prevalence in a population. It's a method for identifying the missing cases and thereby supplementing the notified cases. It provides more detailed information than that which could be obtained from the traditional notification system. Ref: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine; 24th edition - Page no. 45
To find the total amount of disease in a population
To find the incidence of the disease
To determine the trend of disease in a population
A more costly phenomenon
Concept of health and disease