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    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n      \n      <h2>EvidenceVariableType</h2>\n      \n      <div>\n        \n        <p>The possible types of variables for exposures or outcomes (E.g. Dichotomous, Continuous, Descriptive).</p>\n\n      \n      </div>\n      \n      <p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-type defines the following codes:</p>\n      \n      <table class=\"codes\">\n        \n        <tr>\n          \n          <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\n            \n            <b>Code</b>\n          \n          </td>\n          \n          <td>\n            \n            <b>Display</b>\n          \n          </td>\n          \n          <td>\n            \n            <b>Definition</b>\n          \n          </td>\n        \n        </tr>\n        \n        <tr>\n          \n          <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">dichotomous\n            \n            <a name=\"variable-type-dichotomous\"> </a>\n          \n          </td>\n          \n          <td>Dichotomous</td>\n          \n          <td>The variable is dichotomous, such as present or absent.</td>\n        \n        </tr>\n        \n        <tr>\n          \n          <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">continuous\n            \n            <a name=\"variable-type-continuous\"> </a>\n          \n          </td>\n          \n          <td>Continuous</td>\n          \n          <td>The variable is a continuous result such as a quantity.</td>\n        \n        </tr>\n        \n        <tr>\n          \n          <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">descriptive\n            \n            <a name=\"variable-type-descriptive\"> </a>\n          \n          </td>\n          \n          <td>Descriptive</td>\n          \n          <td>The variable is described narratively rather than quantitatively.</td>\n        \n        </tr>\n      \n      </table>\n    \n    </div>"
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  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-type",
  "identifier" : [{
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  "version" : "4.3.0",
  "name" : "EvidenceVariableType",
  "title" : "EvidenceVariableType",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2021-01-17T07:06:13+11:00",
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  "description" : "The possible types of variables for exposures or outcomes (E.g. Dichotomous, Continuous, Descriptive).",
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  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "dichotomous",
    "display" : "Dichotomous",
    "definition" : "The variable is dichotomous, such as present or absent."
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    "code" : "continuous",
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    "definition" : "The variable is a continuous result such as a quantity."
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    "definition" : "The variable is described narratively rather than quantitatively."
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}