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: VariableDefinition: Gender - JSON Representation

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{
  "resourceType" : "EvidenceVariable",
  "id" : "342830",
  "meta" : {
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    "lastUpdated" : "2025-02-17T18:47:22.082Z",
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      🔗 "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/variable-definition"
    ]
  },
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    "status" : "empty",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p>[No data.]</p></div>"
  },
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      }
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            "code" : "302147001",
            "display" : "Demographic history detail (observable entity)"
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        "text" : "Demographics"
      }
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            🔗 "reference" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/administrative-gender",
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            "display" : "AdministrativeGender"
          }
        }
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  "name" : "Gender",
  "title" : "VariableDefinition: Gender",
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  "date" : "2025-03-27T17:53:24+00:00",
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            "system" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/administrative-gender",
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        ]
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    }
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}