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Codesystem-research-study-objective-type.xml

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Definition for Code System ResearchStudyObjectiveType

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="research-study-objective-type"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2021-01-21T15:34:20.265+00:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> ResearchStudyObjectiveType</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> Codes for the kind of study objective.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/research-study-objective-type defines
         the following codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">primary
            <a name="research-study-objective-type-primary"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Primary</td> 
          <td> The main question to be answered, and the one that drives any statistical planning for
             the study—e.g., calculation of the sample size to provide the appropriate power for statistical
             testing.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">secondary
            <a name="research-study-objective-type-secondary"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Secondary</td> 
          <td> Question to be answered in the study that is of lesser importance than the primary objective.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">exploratory
            <a name="research-study-objective-type-exploratory"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Exploratory</td> 
          <td> Exploratory questions to be answered in the study.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="brr"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/research-study-objective-type"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1248"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.0.1"/> 
  <name value="ResearchStudyObjectiveType"/> 
  <title value="ResearchStudyObjectiveType"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2021-01-21T15:34:20+00:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Codes for the kind of study objective."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/research-study-objective-type"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="primary"/> 
    <display value="Primary"/> 
    <definition value="The main question to be answered, and the one that drives any statistical planning for
     the study—e.g., calculation of the sample size to provide the appropriate power for statistical
     testing."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="secondary"/> 
    <display value="Secondary"/> 
    <definition value="Question to be answered in the study that is of lesser importance than the primary objective."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="exploratory"/> 
    <display value="Exploratory"/> 
    <definition value="Exploratory questions to be answered in the study."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.