Auditors KPMG regarded the provisions for bad debts to be at the "optimistic end of the acceptable range" even though they didnt have a full picture of the problems because of the slow pace at which loans were categorised as "high risk".
There is increasing evidence that patients' risk of mortality from CAP can be quite reliably predicted using clinical severity assessment scores such as CURB65 [ 1- 4], and many of those categorised as being at low-risk (CURB65 0 or 1) can be treated without admission to hospital with no adverse effects on outcomes [ 5- 8].
However, most reported that this was difficult to determine, since illness severity tended to be categorised at first appointment.
Participants were categorised as being at high or low risk of burnout using the single-item measure of burnout.
A higher proportion of women in the 'baseline only group' were categorised as being at low risk (54 vs 32%; χ=14.01, df=1, P<0.000).
Affected women's families were categorised as being at potentially high, moderate or average risk for developing breast cancer on the basis of family history, according to the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) guidelines [ 24], as follows.
The use of a task based exposure assessment approach during incident II resulted in 17 (24%) fewer workers categorised as being at risk and prescribed oseltamivir prophylaxis.
Despite an overall increased risk of complications, the majority of disadvantaged women enter spontaneous labour at term without having developed maternal or perinatal complications and are thus categorised as being at low risk of intrapartum complications.
In trials where recruitment was not targeted towards people with an existing medical condition, but where the mean BMI of the sample was in the overweight or obese range (BMI > 25 kg/m) [ 13], participants were categorised as being at risk of a chronic disease.
One of the most commonly used prognostic models, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center MSKCCC) risk score, uses Karnofsky performance status, time from diagnosis to treatment, and serum haemoglobin, calcium and lactate dehydrogenase to categorise patients as being at favourable, intermediate or poor risk [15].
