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clinical iceberg: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

the observation that most illness in a community never reaches medical attention, leaving a large hidden mass beneath diagnosed cases.

In epidemiology, clinical iceberg refers to the observation that most illness in a community never reaches medical attention, leaving a large hidden mass beneath diagnosed cases. This meaning comes from Last (1963) in The Lancet.[1]

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References

Last, J. M. (1963). The iceberg: "Completing the clinical picture" in general practice. The Lancet, 282(7297), 28-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(63)92546-7

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