EvidenceCertaintyType

Evidence Certainty Type

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The aspect of quality, confidence, or certainty.

Metadata

hl7.org/fhir
Canonical URL
http://hl7.org/fhir/certainty-type
ID
certainty-type
Version
5.0.0
Publisher
Clinical Decision Support
Case Sensitive
Yes

Concepts (9)

CodeDisplayDefinition
OverallOverall certaintyOverall certainty of evidence (quality of evidence).
RiskOfBiasRisk of biasmethodologic concerns reducing internal validity.
InconsistencyInconsistencyconcerns that findings are not similar enough to support certainty.
IndirectnessIndirectnessconcerns reducing external validity.
ImprecisionImprecisionfuzzy or wide variability.
PublicationBiasPublication biaslikelihood that what is published misrepresents what is available to publish.
DoseResponseGradientDose response gradienthigher certainty due to dose response relationship.
PlausibleConfoundingPlausible confoundinghigher certainty due to risk of bias in opposite direction.
LargeEffectLarge effecthigher certainty due to large effect size.