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4.4.1.157 ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/variable-handling-example

Responsible Owner: Clinical Decision Support icon Work Group Normative Use Context: Country: World
Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/variable-handling-example Version: 6.0.0-ballot3
active as of 2020-12-28 Computable Name: EvidenceVariableHandlingExample
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4.4.1.157.1 Definition

The handling of the variable in statistical analysis for exposures or outcomes (E.g. Dichotomous, Continuous, Descriptive).

4.4.1.157.2 Content Logical Definition

Generated Narrative: ValueSet variable-handling-example

Last updated: 2025-11-20T23:56:49.898Z

 

4.4.1.157.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 20 Nov 2025

ValueSet

Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Evidence Variable Handling Example v6.0.0-ballot3 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 7 concepts

SystemCodeDisplayDefinition
http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling-example   boolean boolean variable A boolean variable is a variable which is defined to have only 2 possible values: True or False.
http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling-example   continuous continuous variable 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).
http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling-example   dichotomous dichotomous variable 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).
http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling-example   ordinal ordinal variable 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).
http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling-example   polychotomous polychotomous variable 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.
http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling-example   time-to-event time-to-event time-to-event
http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling-example   not-specified not-specified not-specified

 

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