Asked by Brendan Morgan on May 18, 2024
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Which of the following statements is the most accurate definition?
A) Active surveillance often gathers disease data from all potential reporting health care providers.
B) Passive surveillance provides stimulus to health care providers in the form of individual feedback or other incentives.
C) Sentinel surveillance is a type of surveillance based on selected population samples chosen to represent the relevant experience of particular groups.
D) Active surveillance is continuous analysis, interpretation, and feedback of systematically collected data, generally using methods distinguished by their practicality, uniformity, and rapidity rather than by accuracy or completeness.
E) Passive surveillance is an observational investigation, usually descriptive, in which information is systematically collected.
Active Surveillance
A strategy involving closely monitoring a patient's condition without immediate treatment, used for diseases that are expected to progress slowly.
Sentinel Surveillance
A system of monitoring disease trends by collecting data from selected institutions or populations, aimed at early detection and response.
Passive Surveillance
The monitoring of disease or health indicators without active efforts to reach out to individuals or health care providers; relying instead on reports received through routine channels.
- Differentiate between various types of surveillance used in epidemiology.
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Learning Objectives
- Differentiate between various types of surveillance used in epidemiology.
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