Release 4B Snapshot #1

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Codesystem-synthesis-type.json

Clinical Decision Support Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Definition for Code System SynthesisType

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "synthesis-type",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2021-12-20T14:08:35.086+11:00",
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"]
  },
  "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" : 1
  }],
  "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/synthesis-type",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1348"
  }],
  "version" : "4.3.0-snapshot1",
  "name" : "SynthesisType",
  "title" : "SynthesisType",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2020-12-28T16:55:11+11:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Types of combining results from a body of evidence (eg. summary data meta-analysis).",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/synthesis-type",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "std-MA",
    "display" : "summary data meta-analysis",
    "definition" : "A meta-analysis of the summary data of estimates from individual studies or data sets."
  },
  {
    "code" : "IPD-MA",
    "display" : "individual patient data meta-analysis",
    "definition" : "A meta-analysis of the individual participant data from individual studies or data sets."
  },
  {
    "code" : "indirect-NMA",
    "display" : "indirect network meta-analysis",
    "definition" : "An indirect meta-analysis derived from 2 or more direct comparisons in a network meta-analysis."
  },
  {
    "code" : "combined-NMA",
    "display" : "combined direct plus indirect network meta-analysis",
    "definition" : "An composite meta-analysis derived from direct comparisons and indirect comparisons in a network meta-analysis."
  },
  {
    "code" : "range",
    "display" : "range of results",
    "definition" : "A range of results across a body of evidence."
  },
  {
    "code" : "classification",
    "display" : "classifcation of results",
    "definition" : "An approach describing a body of evidence by categorically classifying individual studies (eg 3 studies showed beneft and 2 studied found no effect)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "NotApplicable",
    "display" : "not applicable",
    "definition" : "Not applicable because the evidence is not from a synthesis but from a single study. Used fo explicitly state that it's not a synthesis."
  }]
}

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.