description: Profile of EvidenceVariable for Evidence Based Medicine IG. The VariableDefinition Profile uses a CodeableReference Datatype to provide a concept (e.g. coding in a code system) and/or a reference to a Group Resource for structured data to define the variable.
package_name: hl7.fhir.uv.ebm
derivation: constraint
name: VariableDefinition
type: EvidenceVariable
elements:
  extension:
    index: 0
    slicing:
      rules: open
      ordered: false
      discriminator:
      - {path: url, type: value}
      min: null
      slices:
        constraint:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-constraint', index: 11}
          min: 0
        classifier:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-classifier', index: 4}
          min: 0
        citeAs:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/cite-as', index: 1}
          min: 0
          max: 1
        unacceptableDataHandling:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-data-cleaning', index: 13}
          min: 0
        timing:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/characteristic-timing', index: 9}
          min: 0
          max: 1
        RelatesToWithQuotation:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/relates-to-with-quotation', index: 3}
          min: 0
        relatesTo:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/relates-to', index: 2}
          min: 0
        definitionModifier:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-definition-modifier', index: 5}
          min: 0
        period:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-period', index: 10}
          min: 0
          max: 1
        handlingDetail:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-handling-detail', index: 6}
          min: 0
        missingDataMeaning:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-missing-data', index: 12}
          min: 0
        dataStorage:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-data-storage', index: 8}
          min: 0
        conditional:
          match: {url: null}
          schema: {type: Extension, url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-conditional', index: 7}
          min: 0
          max: 1
  handling: {index: 14}
package_version: 1.0.0-ballot2
extensions:
  constraint: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-constraint', min: 0, type: Extension, index: 11}
  classifier: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-classifier', min: 0, type: Extension, index: 4}
  citeAs: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/cite-as', min: 0, max: 1, type: Extension, index: 1}
  unacceptableDataHandling: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-data-cleaning', min: 0, type: Extension, index: 13}
  timing: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/characteristic-timing', min: 0, max: 1, type: Extension, index: 9}
  RelatesToWithQuotation: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/relates-to-with-quotation', min: 0, type: Extension, index: 3}
  relatesTo: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/relates-to', min: 0, type: Extension, index: 2}
  definitionModifier: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-definition-modifier', min: 0, type: Extension, index: 5}
  period: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-period', min: 0, max: 1, type: Extension, index: 10}
  handlingDetail: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-handling-detail', min: 0, type: Extension, index: 6}
  missingDataMeaning: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-missing-data', min: 0, type: Extension, index: 12}
  dataStorage: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-data-storage', min: 0, type: Extension, index: 8}
  conditional: {url: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/evidence-variable-conditional', min: 0, max: 1, type: Extension, index: 7}
class: profile
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/variable-definition
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/EvidenceVariable
version: 1.0.0-ballot2
required: [handling]