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Codesystem-evidence-classifier-code.json

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Definition for Code System EvidenceClassifier

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "evidence-classifier-code",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2020-08-20T17:41:31.970+10:00"
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "cds"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 0
  }],
  "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/evidence-classifier-code",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.0"
  }],
  "version" : "4.5.0",
  "name" : "EvidenceClassifier",
  "title" : "EvidenceClassifier",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2020-08-20T17:41:31+10:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Commonly used classifiers for evidence sets.",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/evidence-classifier-code",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "COVID19Specific",
    "display" : "COVID-19 specific article",
    "definition" : "About COVID-19."
  },
  {
    "code" : "COVID19Relevant",
    "display" : "COVID-19 relevant (but not specific) article",
    "definition" : "Not about COVID-19 but relevant to COVID-19 management or understanding."
  },
  {
    "code" : "COVID19HumanResearch",
    "display" : "COVID-19 human data in population, exposure, or outcome",
    "definition" : "contains human COVID-19 disease in the research data as any variable (population, exposure or outcome)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "OriginalResearch",
    "display" : "Article includes original research",
    "definition" : "such as randomized trial, observational study."
  },
  {
    "code" : "ResearchSynthesis",
    "display" : "Article includes synthesis of research",
    "definition" : "such as systematic review, meta-analysis, rapid review."
  },
  {
    "code" : "Guideline",
    "display" : "Article includes guideline",
    "definition" : "for clinical practice guidelines."
  },
  {
    "code" : "ResearchProtocol",
    "display" : "Article provides protocol without results",
    "definition" : "for research protocols."
  },
  {
    "code" : "NotResearchNotGuideline",
    "display" : "Article is neither research nor guideline",
    "definition" : "for things that are not research reports, research protocols or guidelines."
  },
  {
    "code" : "Treatment",
    "display" : "Article about treatment",
    "definition" : "about therapeutic interventions."
  },
  {
    "code" : "PreventionAndControl",
    "display" : "Article about prevention and control",
    "definition" : "about preventive care and interventions."
  },
  {
    "code" : "Diagnosis",
    "display" : "Article about diagnosis",
    "definition" : "about methods to distinguish having or not having a condition."
  },
  {
    "code" : "PrognosisPrediction",
    "display" : "Article about prognosis or prediction",
    "definition" : "about predicting risk for something or risk factors for it."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsYes",
    "display" : "Rated as yes, affirmative, positive, present, or include"
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsNo",
    "display" : "Rated as no, negative, absent, or exclude",
    "definition" : "Rated as no, negative, absent, or exclude."
  },
  {
    "code" : "NotAssessed",
    "display" : "Not rated, not assessed",
    "definition" : "Neither rated as yes nor rated as no."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsRCT",
    "display" : "classified as randomized controlled trial",
    "definition" : "classified as randomized controlled trial."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsControlledTrial",
    "display" : "classified as nonrandomized controlled trial (experimental)",
    "definition" : "classified as nonrandomized controlled trial (experimental)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsComparativeCohort",
    "display" : "classified as comparative cohort study (observational)",
    "definition" : "classified as comparative cohort study (observational)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsCaseControl",
    "display" : "classified as case-control study",
    "definition" : "classified as case-control study."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsUncontrolledSeries",
    "display" : "classified as uncontrolled cohort (case series)",
    "definition" : "classified as uncontrolled cohort (case series)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsMixedMethods",
    "display" : "classified as mixed-methods study",
    "definition" : "classified as mixed-methods study."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsOther",
    "display" : "classified as other concept (not elsewhere classified)",
    "definition" : "classified as other concept (not elsewhere classified)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RiskOfBias",
    "display" : "Risk of bias assessment",
    "definition" : "Risk of bias assessment."
  },
  {
    "code" : "NoBlinding",
    "display" : "No blinding",
    "definition" : "No blinding."
  },
  {
    "code" : "AllocConcealNotStated",
    "display" : "Allocation concealment not stated",
    "definition" : "Allocation concealment not stated."
  },
  {
    "code" : "EarlyTrialTermination",
    "display" : "Early trial termination",
    "definition" : "Early trial termination."
  },
  {
    "code" : "NoITT",
    "display" : "No intention-to-treat analysis",
    "definition" : "No intention-to-treat analysis."
  },
  {
    "code" : "Preprint",
    "display" : "Preprint (not final publication)",
    "definition" : "Results presented in preprint (pre-final publication) form."
  },
  {
    "code" : "PreliminaryAnalysis",
    "display" : "Preliminary analysis",
    "definition" : "Preliminary analysis."
  },
  {
    "code" : "BaselineImbalance",
    "display" : "Baseline imbalances",
    "definition" : "Differences between groups at start of trial may confound or bias the findings."
  },
  {
    "code" : "SubgroupAnalysis",
    "display" : "Subgroup analysis",
    "definition" : "Subgroup analysis."
  }]
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.