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CodeSystem: Evidence Certainty Type
The aspect of quality, confidence, or certainty.
This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:
This case-sensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/certainty-type defines the following codes:
| Code | Display | Definition |
| Overall |
Overall certainty |
Overall certainty of evidence (quality of evidence). |
| RiskOfBias |
Risk of bias |
methodologic concerns reducing internal validity. |
| Inconsistency |
Inconsistency |
concerns that findings are not similar enough to support certainty. |
| Indirectness |
Indirectness |
concerns reducing external validity. |
| Imprecision |
Imprecision |
fuzzy or wide variability. |
| PublicationBias |
Publication bias |
likelihood that what is published misrepresents what is available to publish. |
| DoseResponseGradient |
Dose response gradient |
higher certainty due to dose response relationship. |
| PlausibleConfounding |
Plausible confounding |
higher certainty due to risk of bias in opposite direction. |
| LargeEffect |
Large effect |
higher certainty due to large effect size. |