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Definition for Code SystemEvidenceCertaintyType
{ "resourceType" : "CodeSystem", "id" : "certainty-type", "meta" : { "lastUpdated" : "2022-05-28T13:47:40.239+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/certainty-type", "identifier" : [{ "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986", "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.0" }], "version" : "4.3.0", "name" : "EvidenceCertaintyType", "title" : "EvidenceCertaintyType", "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" : "The aspect of quality, confidence, or certainty.", "caseSensitive" : true, "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/certainty-type", "content" : "complete", "concept" : [{ "code" : "Overall", "display" : "Overall certainty", "definition" : "Overall certainty of evidence (quality of evidence)." }, { "code" : "RiskOfBias", "display" : "Risk of bias", "definition" : "methodologic concerns reducing internal validity." }, { "code" : "Inconsistency", "display" : "Inconsistency", "definition" : "concerns that findings are not similar enough to support certainty." }, { "code" : "Indirectness", "display" : "Indirectness", "definition" : "concerns reducing external validity." }, { "code" : "Imprecision", "display" : "Imprecision", "definition" : "fuzzy or wide variability." }, { "code" : "PublicationBias", "display" : "Publication bias", "definition" : "likelihood that what is published misrepresents what is available to publish." }, { "code" : "DoseResponseGradient", "display" : "Dose response gradient", "definition" : "higher certainty due to dose response relationship." }, { "code" : "PlausibleConfounding", "display" : "Plausible confounding", "definition" : "higher certainty due to risk of bias in opposite direction." }, { "code" : "LargeEffect", "display" : "Large effect", "definition" : "higher certainty due to large effect size." }] }
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