Release 4B Ballot #1
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Codesystem-synthesis-type.xml

Clinical Decision Support Work Group
Maturity Level: N/A
Standards Status: Informative
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
Definition for Code System SynthesisType
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="synthesis-type"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2021-03-11T17:06:20.662+11:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      
      
      <p> This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/synthesis-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">std-MA
            
            
            <a name="synthesis-type-std-MA"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> summary data meta-analysis</td> 
          
          
          <td> A meta-analysis of the summary data of estimates from individual studies or data sets.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">IPD-MA
            
            
            <a name="synthesis-type-IPD-MA"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> individual patient data meta-analysis</td> 
          
          
          <td> A meta-analysis of the individual participant data from individual studies or data sets.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">indirect-NMA
            
            
            <a name="synthesis-type-indirect-NMA"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> indirect network meta-analysis</td> 
          
          
          <td> An indirect meta-analysis derived from 2 or more direct comparisons in a network meta-analysis.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">combined-NMA
            
            
            <a name="synthesis-type-combined-NMA"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> combined direct plus indirect network meta-analysis</td> 
          
          
          <td> An composite meta-analysis derived from direct comparisons and indirect comparisons in
             a network meta-analysis.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">range
            
            
            <a name="synthesis-type-range"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> range of results</td> 
          
          
          <td> A range of results across a body of evidence.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">classification
            
            
            <a name="synthesis-type-classification"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> classifcation of results</td> 
          
          
          <td> An approach describing a body of evidence by categorically classifying individual studies
             (eg 3 studies showed beneft and 2 studied found no effect).</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">NotApplicable
            
            
            <a name="synthesis-type-NotApplicable"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> not applicable</td> 
          
          
          <td> 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.</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="1"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/synthesis-type"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1348"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.1.0"/> 
  <name value="SynthesisType"/> 
  <title value="SynthesisType"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2020-12-28T16:55:11+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="Types of combining results from a body of evidence (eg. summary data meta-analysis)."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/synthesis-type"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="std-MA"/> 
    <display value="summary data meta-analysis"/> 
    <definition value="A meta-analysis of the summary data of estimates from individual studies or data sets."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="IPD-MA"/> 
    <display value="individual patient data meta-analysis"/> 
    <definition value="A meta-analysis of the individual participant data from individual studies or data sets."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="indirect-NMA"/> 
    <display value="indirect network meta-analysis"/> 
    <definition value="An indirect meta-analysis derived from 2 or more direct comparisons in a network meta-analysis."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="combined-NMA"/> 
    <display value="combined direct plus indirect network meta-analysis"/> 
    <definition value="An composite meta-analysis derived from direct comparisons and indirect comparisons in
     a network meta-analysis."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="range"/> 
    <display value="range of results"/> 
    <definition value="A range of results across a body of evidence."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="classification"/> 
    <display value="classifcation of results"/> 
    <definition value="An approach describing a body of evidence by categorically classifying individual studies
     (eg 3 studies showed beneft and 2 studied found no effect)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="NotApplicable"/> 
    <display value="not applicable"/> 
    <definition value="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."/> 
  </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.