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: ResearchStudyObjectiveType - XML Representation
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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="research-study-objective-type"/>
<meta>
<lastUpdated value="2020-04-09T21:10:28.568+00:00"/>
</meta>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/research-study-objective-type</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">primary<a name="research-study-objective-type-primary"> </a></td><td>Primary</td><td>The main question to be answered, and the one that drives any statistical planning for the study—e.g., calculation of the sample size to provide the appropriate power for statistical testing.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">secondary<a name="research-study-objective-type-secondary"> </a></td><td>Secondary</td><td>Question to be answered in the study that is of lesser importance than the primary objective.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">exploratory<a name="research-study-objective-type-exploratory"> </a></td><td>Exploratory</td><td>Exploratory questions to be answered in the study.</td></tr></table></div>
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url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
<valueCode value="brr"/>
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<url
value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/research-study-objective-type"/>
<identifier>
<system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
<value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1248"/>
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<version value="0.1.0"/>
<name value="ResearchStudyObjectiveType"/>
<title value="ResearchStudyObjectiveType"/>
<status value="draft"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2020-04-09T21:10:28+00:00"/>
<publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
<contact>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
</telecom>
<telecom>
<system value="email"/>
<value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
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<description value="Codes for the kind of study objective."/>
<caseSensitive value="true"/>
<valueSet
value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/research-study-objective-type"/>
<content value="complete"/>
<concept>
<code value="primary"/>
<display value="Primary"/>
<definition
value="The main question to be answered, and the one that drives any statistical planning for the study—e.g., calculation of the sample size to provide the appropriate power for statistical testing."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="secondary"/>
<display value="Secondary"/>
<definition
value="Question to be answered in the study that is of lesser importance than the primary objective."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="exploratory"/>
<display value="Exploratory"/>
<definition value="Exploratory questions to be answered in the study."/>
</concept>
</CodeSystem>