HL7 Terminology (THO)
7.2.0 - Publication
HL7 Terminology (THO)
7.2.0 - Publication
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| Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/certainty-type | Version: 1.0.0 | ||||
| Standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 1 | Responsible: HL7 (FHIR Project) | Computable Name: EvidenceCertaintyType | ||
The aspect of quality, confidence, or certainty.
References
Profile: Shareable ValueSet
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type version 📦1.0.0
Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Evidence Certainty Type v1.0.0 (CodeSystem)
This value set contains 9 concepts
| System | Code | Display (en) | Definition | JSON | XML |
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type | Overall | Overall certainty | Overall certainty of evidence (quality of evidence). | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type | RiskOfBias | Risk of bias | methodologic concerns reducing internal validity. | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type | Inconsistency | Inconsistency | concerns that findings are not similar enough to support certainty. | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type | Indirectness | Indirectness | concerns reducing external validity. | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type | Imprecision | Imprecision | fuzzy or wide variability. | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type | PublicationBias | Publication bias | likelihood that what is published misrepresents what is available to publish. | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type | DoseResponseGradient | Dose response gradient | higher certainty due to dose response relationship. | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type | PlausibleConfounding | Plausible confounding | higher certainty due to risk of bias in opposite direction. | ||
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type | LargeEffect | Large effect | higher certainty due to large effect size. |
Description of the above table(s).
History
| Date | Action | Author | Custodian | Comment |
| 2025-03-15 | create | Joanne Dehnbostel | SD | Move terminologies from FHIR to THO for EBMonFHIR Resources; up-633 |
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