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rare disease assumption: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

the condition under which the odds ratio from a case-control study approximates the relative risk because the outcome is uncommon.

In epidemiology, rare disease assumption refers to the condition under which the odds ratio from a case-control study approximates the relative risk because the outcome is uncommon. This meaning comes from Cornfield (1951) in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute.[1]

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Recovery means
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  1. Cornfield, J. (1951). A Method of Estimating Comparative Rates from Clinical Data. Applications to Cancer of the Lung, Breast, and Cervix. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/11.6.1269

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