Evidence Variable Handling Example

• Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling-example
• Version: 6.0.0
• Status: active
• Name: EvidenceVariableHandlingExample
• Title: Evidence Variable Handling Example
• Publisher: HL7 (FHIR Project)
• Description: The handling of the variable in statistical analysis for exposures or outcomes (E.g. Dichotomous, Continuous, Descriptive).
• Case Sensitive: true
• Content: complete

Concepts

CodeSystem XML

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  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling-example"/>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="EvidenceVariableHandlingExample"/>
  <title value="Evidence Variable Handling Example"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
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    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
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  <description value="The handling of the variable in statistical analysis for exposures or outcomes (E.g. Dichotomous, Continuous, Descriptive)."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
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  <concept>
    <code value="boolean"/>
    <display value="boolean variable"/>
    <definition value="A boolean variable is a variable which is defined to have only 2 possible values: True or False."/>
  </concept>
  <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>
  <concept>
    <code value="time-to-event"/>
    <display value="time-to-event"/>
    <definition value="time-to-event"/>
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    <code value="not-specified"/>
    <display value="not-specified"/>
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