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PHC 6000: Surveil
Introduction to epidemiology: Surveillance
Question | Answer |
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What is a key difference between active and passive surveillance? | In active surveillance, reports are solicited. |
Who creates the National Notifiable Disease List? | Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists |
Can the rules for reporting national notifiable diseases be modified? | They can be modified at the state level. |
Screening measures are only as good as the screening test. (T/F) | True |
Are surveillance data enough to get a complete picture of disease burden? | Would need to also include mortality data |
What is mortality rate? | Rapidity with which deaths from the disease occur over time |
What determines mortality rate? | A combination of the rate of new diagnoses (incidence rate) and the likelihood of death following diagnoses (case fatality). |