Definition: 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, geographic area, population subgroup, etc. to estimate trends in larger population. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
an epidemiol method
Other names Surveillances, Sentinel; Surveillance, Sentinel; Sentinel Surveillances; Sentinel Health Events; Health Events, Sentinel; Health Event, Sentinel; Events, Sentinel Health; Event, Sentinel Health; Sentinel Health Event
