high-risk individual
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhigh-riskandindividual
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high-risk
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌhaɪˈrɪsk/us/ˌhaɪˈrɪsk/
involving a greater than usual amount ...
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individual
noun[C]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which ...
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Similarly, there are multiple pathways to resilient outcomes and aspects of cultural influences can contribute to some high-risk individuals doing well despite their adverse situations.
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No studies have compared their distribution patterns, use and coverage among high-risk individuals in the primary care and hospital settings.
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These trials recruit high-risk individuals where new infections are expected over the course of the trial.
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To prevent insurers from refusing to contract (or renew a contract) with high-risk individuals, governments may complement premium rate restrictions with an open enrolment requirement.
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This deficit remained relatively stable, relative to age-matched normal control subjects, into the early 1920s of these high-risk individuals.
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Consequently, they will curtail their risky behavior more drastically than will high-risk individuals when they perceive an increase in risk.
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Individuals with low rates of partner change substantially increase their risk of infection with an additional partner compared with high-risk individuals.
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Due to the asymptomatic nature of the disease, high-risk individuals should be referred for ophthalmic review.
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Since the difficulty in identifying high-risk individuals remains, insurers may exclude individuals who have characteristics that correlate with high risk of ill health.
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The artificial decrease occurs because high-risk individuals tend to die early in the census interval, leaving those individuals with a lower risk of mortality.
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If premiums are risk-rated and the income threshold is not extremely high, the majority of high-risk individuals will likely exceed the threshold level.
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Thus, the increased use of these vaccines may serve to prevent invasive disease due to antimicrobial resistant strains in high-risk individuals.
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In an attempt to isolate such losses, high-risk individuals may be excluded.
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Polysaccharide or new conjugate pneumococcal vaccines in high-risk individuals remain the most effective preventive measure to reduce disease and control the spread of resistant isolates.
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Specifically, as either or both of these factors increase, it is more likely that low-risk types will not be willing to cross-subsidize high-risk individuals under one pooling contract.
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That would protect individuals and individual companies which might, by chance, find that they had insured a disproportionately large number of high-risk individuals.
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