{
  "description": "The method used to define, describe, or determine a characteristic value.",
  "_filename": "CodeSystem-definition-method.json",
  "package_name": "hl7.fhir.r5.examples",
  "date": "2020-12-28T16:55:11+11:00",
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    "lastUpdated": "2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00"
  },
  "publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "jurisdiction": [ {
    "coding": [ {
      "code": "001",
      "system": "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "display": "World"
    } ]
  } ],
  "content": "complete",
  "name": "DefinitionMethod",
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  "experimental": "false",
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "title": "Definition Method",
  "package_version": "5.0.0",
  "extension": [ {
    "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode": "cds"
  }, {
    "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode": "draft"
  }, {
    "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger": 1
  } ],
  "status": "active",
  "id": "1a782efc-137f-4e59-afc1-58a0bf1cd971",
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/definition-method",
  "kind": null,
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/definition-method",
  "identifier": [ {
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1953",
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986"
  } ],
  "concept": [ {
    "code": "systematic-assessment",
    "display": "Systematic Assessment",
    "definition": "Any method of routinely determining whether or not specific outcomes (e.g. adverse events) have occurred, for example through a standard questionnaire, regular investigator assessment, regular laboratory testing, or other method"
  }, {
    "code": "non-systematic-assessment",
    "display": "Non-Systematic Assessment",
    "definition": "Any non-systematic method for determining whether or not adverse events have occurred, such as self-reporting by participants or occasional assessment/testing"
  }, {
    "code": "mean",
    "display": "Mean",
    "definition": "Aggregated using mean of observed values."
  }, {
    "code": "median",
    "display": "Median",
    "definition": "Aggregated using median of observed values."
  }, {
    "code": "mean-of-mean",
    "display": "Mean of Means",
    "definition": "Aggregated using mean of means (e.g. study mean values)."
  }, {
    "code": "mean-of-median",
    "display": "Mean of Medians",
    "definition": "Aggregated using mean of medians (e.g. study median values)."
  }, {
    "code": "median-of-mean",
    "display": "Median of Means",
    "definition": "Aggregated using median of means (e.g. study mean values)."
  }, {
    "code": "median-of-median",
    "display": "Median of Medians",
    "definition": "Aggregated using median of medians (e.g. study median values)."
  } ],
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      "system": "email"
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}