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Clinical Decision Support   Work Group | Maturity Level: 0 | 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/focus-characteristic-code | 
| Version: | 4.3.0 | 
| Name: | FocusCharacteristicCode | 
| Title: | FocusCharacteristicCode | 
| Definition: | Evidence focus characteristic code.  | 
| 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:
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/focus-characteristic-code
This expansion generated 28 May 2022
This value set contains 8 concepts
Expansion based on FocusCharacteristicCode v4.3.0 (CodeSystem)
All codes in this table are from the system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/focus-characteristic-code
| Code | Display | Definition | 
| citation | Citation | Used to reference a specific article. | 
| clinical-outcomes-observed | Observed outcomes are clinical outcomes | Used to denote a focus on clinical outcomes, ie evidence variable in role of outcome (measured variable) as observed is considered a "clinical outcome" (patient-important outcome such as mortality, symptoms, function or quality of life). | 
| population | Population | The population of interest. | 
| exposure | Exposure | The exposure of interest, such as an intervention. | 
| comparator | Comparator | The comparator (intervention or control state) of interest. | 
| outcome | Outcome | the outcome of interest. | 
| medication-exposures | Medication exposures | Any medication exposures. A subset of exposures or interventions that are medications. | 
| study-type | Study type | Type of research study, such as randomized trial or case-control study. | 
See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.
Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:
| Lvl | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - see Code System for further information | 
| Source | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere) | 
| Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract') | 
| Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application | 
| Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept | 
| Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code |