<status value="draft"/> <experimental value="false"/> <date value="2019-10-31T17:29:23-05:00"/> <publisher value="Clinical Decision Support"/> <contact> <name value="Clinical Decision Support"/> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/dss"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value="The possible types of variables for exposures or outcomes (E.g. Dichotomous, Continuous, Descriptive)."/> <jurisdiction> <coding> <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> <code value="001"/> <display value="World"/> </coding> </jurisdiction> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/variable-type|4.3.0"/> <content value="complete"/> <concept> <code value="dichotomous"/> <display value="Dichotomous"/> <definition value="The variable is dichotomous, such as present or absent."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="continuous"/> <display value="Continuous"/> <definition value="The variable is a continuous result such as a quantity."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="descriptive"/> <display value="Descriptive"/> <definition value="The variable is described narratively rather than quantitatively."/> </concept> </CodeSystem>

Generated Narrative: CodeSystem variable-type

This case-sensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-type defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition
dichotomous	Dichotomous	The variable is dichotomous, such as present or absent.
continuous	Continuous	The variable is a continuous result such as a quantity.
descriptive	Descriptive	The variable is described narratively rather than quantitatively.