Release 4B

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4.4.1.384 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/certainty-type

Clinical Decision Support

Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Trial Use

Use Context: Not yet ready for Production use

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:

http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/certainty-type

Version:

4.3.0

Name:

EvidenceCertaintyType

Title:

EvidenceCertaintyType

Definition:

The aspect of quality, confidence, or certainty.

Committee:

Clinical Decision Support

Work Group

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.0 (for OID based terminology systems)

Source Resource

XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

CodeSystem: This value set is the designated 'entire code system' value set for EvidenceCertaintyType
Resource: Evidence.certainty.type (CodeableConcept / Extensible)
Extension: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-certainty: certainty (CodeableConcept / Example)

4.4.1.384.1 Content Logical Definition

Include all codes defined in http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type

4.4.1.384.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 28 May 2022

This value set contains 9 concepts

Expansion based on EvidenceCertaintyType v4.3.0 (CodeSystem)

All codes in this table are from the system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type

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.

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Lvl

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Source

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Code

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Display

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Definition

An explanation of the meaning of the concept

Comments

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