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4.4.1.373 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/certainty-type

Clinical Decision Support Work Group Maturity Level: 1Trial Use Use Context: Any

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/certainty-type
Version:4.6.0
Name:EvidenceCertaintyType
Title:EvidenceCertaintyType
Definition:

The aspect of quality, confidence, or certainty.

Committee:Clinical Decision Support Work Group
OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.0 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source ResourceXML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.373.1 Content Logical Definition

 

4.4.1.373.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 15 Apr 2021

This value set contains 9 concepts

Expansion based on EvidenceCertaintyType v4.6.0 (CodeSystem)

All codes from system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type

CodeDisplayDefinition
OverallOverall certaintyOverall certainty of evidence (quality of evidence).
RiskOfBiasRisk of biasmethodologic concerns reducing internal validity.
InconsistencyInconsistencyconcerns that findings are not similar enough to support certainty.
IndirectnessIndirectnessconcerns reducing external validity.
ImprecisionImprecisionfuzzy or wide variability.
PublicationBiasPublication biaslikelihood that what is published misrepresents what is available to publish.
DoseResponseGradientDose response gradienthigher certainty due to dose response relationship.
PlausibleConfoundingPlausible confoundinghigher certainty due to risk of bias in opposite direction.
LargeEffectLarge effecthigher certainty due to large effect size.

 

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