low-power

[loh-pou-er]

adjective

1. (of a radio station) having the power to broadcast to a radius of only 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km).

Example Sentences

If not, they were classified as a “low-power” patient.

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Next, the pair considered what happened to low-power patients while high-power patients were getting extra attention.

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The medical records showed that doctors put 3.6% more effort into treating high-power patients than low-power ones.

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Instead, the added effort spent on high-power patients was siphoned away from low-power patients, who got 1.9% less effort from their doctors.

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As a result, white doctors treated high-power Black patients the same, on average, as low-power white patients.

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