Yet effective chronic disease surveillance can save lives. If disease trends are monitored, along with patients’ responses to treatment and the population’s exposure to risk factors, the success or failure of policies designed to prevent or control chronic diseases can be evaluated, resource allocation can be rationally prioritized, and the public can be kept fully informed of the risks that they face.
但有效的慢性病监测是可以拯救生命的。如果发病趋势能受到监测，同时评估病人对治疗的反应以及人口面对的风险因素，那么相关慢性病防治政策的成败就能得到检验，医疗资源也能得到合理分配，而公众也能明确知晓自身所面对的风险。