HL7 Terminology (THO)
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HL7 Terminology (THO), published by HL7 International - Vocabulary Work Group. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 6.3.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/UTG/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

CodeSystem: Evidence Certainty Type

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/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.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

Generated Narrative: CodeSystem certainty-type

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-type defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
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.

History

DateActionAuthorCustodianComment
2025-03-15createJoanne DehnbostelSDMove terminologies from FHIR to THO for EBMonFHIR Resources; up-633