Release 5 Ballot

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4.4.1.781 ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/variable-handling

Clinical Decision Support icon Work Group Maturity Level: 5Trial Use Use Context: Not yet ready for Production use, Not yet ready for Production use

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/variable-handling
Version:5.0.0-ballot
Name:EvidenceVariableHandling
Title:EvidenceVariableHandling
Status:draft
Definition:

The handling of the variable in statistical analysis for exposures or outcomes (E.g. Dichotomous, Continuous, Descriptive).

Committee:Clinical Decision Support icon Work Group
OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.3062 (for OID based terminology systems)
Flags:Experimental, Immutable

This value set is used in the following places:


 

This expansion generated 10 Sep 2022


This value set contains 4 concepts

Expansion based on EvidenceVariableHandling v5.0.0-ballot (CodeSystem)

CodeSystemDisplayDefinition
  continuoushttp://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handlingcontinuous variable

A continuous variable is one for which, within the limits the variable ranges, any value is possible (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000251).

  dichotomoushttp://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handlingdichotomous variable

A dichotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have only 2 categories or possible values (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000090).

  ordinalhttp://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handlingordinal variable

An ordinal variable is a categorical variable where the discrete possible values are ordered or correspond to an implicit ranking (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000228).

  polychotomoushttp://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handlingpolychotomous variable

A polychotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have minimally 2 categories or possible values. (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000087). Suggestion to limit code use to situations when neither dichotomous nor ordinal variables apply.

 

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