FHIR Cross-Version Extensions package for FHIR R4 from FHIR R5
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FHIR Cross-Version Extensions package for FHIR R4 from FHIR R5 - Version 0.0.1-snapshot-2. See the Directory of published versions

: Evidence Variable Handling - XML Representation

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="variable-handling"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
            <p>This code system 
              <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling</code> 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">continuous
                  <a name="variable-handling-continuous"> </a>
                </td>
                <td>continuous variable</td>
                <td>A continuous variable is one for which, within the limits the variable ranges, any value is possible (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000251).</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td style="white-space:nowrap">dichotomous
                  <a name="variable-handling-dichotomous"> </a>
                </td>
                <td>dichotomous variable</td>
                <td>A dichotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have only 2 categories or possible values (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000090).</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td style="white-space:nowrap">ordinal
                  <a name="variable-handling-ordinal"> </a>
                </td>
                <td>ordinal variable</td>
                <td>An ordinal variable is a categorical variable where the discrete possible values are ordered or correspond to an implicit ranking (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000228).</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td style="white-space:nowrap">polychotomous
                  <a name="variable-handling-polychotomous"> </a>
                </td>
                <td>polychotomous variable</td>
                <td>A polychotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have minimally 2 categories or possible values. (from STATO  http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000087).  Suggestion to limit code use to situations when neither dichotomous nor ordinal variables apply.</td>
              </tr>
            </table>
          </div>
  </text>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="informative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/package-source">
    <extension url="packageId">
      <valueId value="hl7.fhir.uv.xver-r5.r4"/>
    </extension>
    <extension url="version">
      <valueString value="0.0.1-snapshot-2"/>
    </extension>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="cds"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling"/>
  <version value="5.0.0"/>
  <name value="EvidenceVariableHandling"/>
  <title value="Evidence Variable Handling"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T09:01:24+10:00"/>
  <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 handling of the variable in statistical analysis 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-handling"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="continuous"/>
    <display value="continuous variable"/>
    <definition
                value="A continuous variable is one for which, within the limits the variable ranges, any value is possible (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000251)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="dichotomous"/>
    <display value="dichotomous variable"/>
    <definition
                value="A dichotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have only 2 categories or possible values (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000090)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="ordinal"/>
    <display value="ordinal variable"/>
    <definition
                value="An ordinal variable is a categorical variable where the discrete possible values are ordered or correspond to an implicit ranking (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000228)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="polychotomous"/>
    <display value="polychotomous variable"/>
    <definition
                value="A polychotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have minimally 2 categories or possible values. (from STATO  http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000087).  Suggestion to limit code use to situations when neither dichotomous nor ordinal variables apply."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>