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Codesystem-certainty-subcomponent-type.xml

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Definition for Code System CertaintySubcomponentType

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="certainty-subcomponent-type"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-11-01T09:29:23.356+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> CertaintySubcomponentType</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> The subcomponent classification of quality of evidence rating systems.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-subcomponent-type defines
         the following codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">RiskOfBias
            <a name="certainty-subcomponent-type-RiskOfBias"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Risk of bias</td> 
          <td> methodologic concerns reducing internal validity.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Inconsistency
            <a name="certainty-subcomponent-type-Inconsistency"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Inconsistency</td> 
          <td> concerns that findings are not similar enough to support certainty.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Indirectness
            <a name="certainty-subcomponent-type-Indirectness"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Indirectness</td> 
          <td> concerns reducing external validity.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Imprecision
            <a name="certainty-subcomponent-type-Imprecision"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Imprecision</td> 
          <td> High quality evidence.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">PublicationBias
            <a name="certainty-subcomponent-type-PublicationBias"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Publication bias</td> 
          <td> likelihood that what is published misrepresents what is available to publish.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">DoseResponseGradient
            <a name="certainty-subcomponent-type-DoseResponseGradient"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Dose response gradient</td> 
          <td> higher certainty due to dose response relationship.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">PlausibleConfounding
            <a name="certainty-subcomponent-type-PlausibleConfounding"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Plausible confounding</td> 
          <td> higher certainty due to risk of bias in opposite direction.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">LargeEffect
            <a name="certainty-subcomponent-type-LargeEffect"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Large effect</td> 
          <td> higher certainty due to large effect size.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="cds"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="trial-use"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-subcomponent-type"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1360"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.0.1"/> 
  <name value="CertaintySubcomponentType"/> 
  <title value="CertaintySubcomponentType"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="The subcomponent classification of quality of evidence rating systems."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/certainty-subcomponent-type"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="RiskOfBias"/> 
    <display value="Risk of bias"/> 
    <definition value="methodologic concerns reducing internal validity."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Inconsistency"/> 
    <display value="Inconsistency"/> 
    <definition value="concerns that findings are not similar enough to support certainty."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Indirectness"/> 
    <display value="Indirectness"/> 
    <definition value="concerns reducing external validity."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Imprecision"/> 
    <display value="Imprecision"/> 
    <definition value="High quality evidence."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="PublicationBias"/> 
    <display value="Publication bias"/> 
    <definition value="likelihood that what is published misrepresents what is available to publish."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="DoseResponseGradient"/> 
    <display value="Dose response gradient"/> 
    <definition value="higher certainty due to dose response relationship."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="PlausibleConfounding"/> 
    <display value="Plausible confounding"/> 
    <definition value="higher certainty due to risk of bias in opposite direction."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="LargeEffect"/> 
    <display value="Large effect"/> 
    <definition value="higher certainty due to large effect size."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

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.