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{
 "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
 "id": "participant-flow",
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text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Additional information about the element\">Description &amp; Constraints</a><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/></a></th></tr><tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_resource.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Resource\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-participant-flow-definitions.html#Evidence\">Evidence</a><a name=\"Evidence\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"StructureDefinition-non-comparative-evidence.html\">NonComparativeEvidence</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck11.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-participant-flow-definitions.html#Evidence.variableDefinition\">variableDefinition</a><a name=\"Evidence.variableDefinition\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">2..*</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/types.html#BackboneElement\">BackboneElement</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Evidence variable such as population, exposure, or outcome</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck110.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> intended<a name=\"Evidence.variableDefinition.intended\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..0</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck100.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> directnessMatch<a name=\"Evidence.variableDefinition.directnessMatch\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..0</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck15.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_slice_item.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Slice Item\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-participant-flow-definitions.html#Evidence.variableDefinition:population\" title=\"Slice population\">variableDefinition:population</a><a name=\"Evidence.variableDefinition\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..*</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/types.html#BackboneElement\">BackboneElement</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Evidence variable such as population, exposure, or outcome</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck150.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> intended<a name=\"Evidence.variableDefinition.intended\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..0</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck140.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> directnessMatch<a name=\"Evidence.variableDefinition.directnessMatch\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..0</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck15.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_slice_item.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Slice Item\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-participant-flow-definitions.html#Evidence.variableDefinition:outcome\" title=\"Slice outcome\">variableDefinition:outcome</a><a name=\"Evidence.variableDefinition\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..*</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"opacity: 0.5\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/types.html#BackboneElement\">BackboneElement</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Evidence variable such as population, exposure, or outcome</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck150.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_reference.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Reference to another Resource\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-participant-flow-definitions.html#Evidence.variableDefinition:outcome.observed\">observed</a><a name=\"Evidence.variableDefinition.observed\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/references.html\">Reference</a>(<a href=\"StructureDefinition-participant-flow-measure.html\">ParticipantFlowMeasure</a>)</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Definition of the actual variable related to the statistic(s)</td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck150.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> intended<a name=\"Evidence.variableDefinition.intended\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..0</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck140.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vline.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end_slice.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> directnessMatch<a name=\"Evidence.variableDefinition.directnessMatch\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..0</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck01.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-participant-flow-definitions.html#Evidence.statistic\">statistic</a><a name=\"Evidence.statistic\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck010.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_blank.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> numberAffected<a name=\"Evidence.statistic.numberAffected\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; 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 "short": "How to compare versions",
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 "max": "1",
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 {
 "code": "string"
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 {
 "code": "Coding"
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 ],
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 {
 "key": "ele-1",
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 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.name",
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 "max": "1",
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 "path": "Evidence.name",
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 {
 "code": "string"
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 "condition": [
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 {
 "key": "ele-1",
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.title",
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 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
 "valueBoolean": true
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 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
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 "path": "Evidence.title",
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 {
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 {
 "key": "ele-1",
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.citeAs[x]",
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 "max": "1",
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 "path": "Evidence.citeAs[x]",
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 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Reference",
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 "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Citation"
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 {
 "code": "markdown"
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 {
 "key": "ele-1",
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 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.status",
 "path": "Evidence.status",
 "short": "draft | active | retired | unknown",
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 "comment": "Allows filtering of summarys s that are appropriate for use versus not.\n\nSee guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization).",
 "min": 1,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.status",
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 "max": "1"
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 "type": [
 {
 "code": "code"
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 {
 "key": "ele-1",
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 "isModifier": true,
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 "extension": [
 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
 "valueString": "PublicationStatus"
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 "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/publication-status|5.0.0"
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 {
 "identity": "w5",
 "map": "FiveWs.status"
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 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.experimental",
 "path": "Evidence.experimental",
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 "max": "1",
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 "path": "Evidence.experimental",
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 "type": [
 {
 "code": "boolean"
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 {
 "key": "ele-1",
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 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 ],
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 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.date",
 "path": "Evidence.date",
 "short": "Date last changed",
 "definition": "The date (and optionally time) when the summary was last significantly changed. The date must change when the business version changes and it must change if the status code changes. In addition, it should change when the substantive content of the summary changes.",
 "comment": "The date is often not tracked until the resource is published, but may be present on draft content. Note that this is not the same as the resource last-modified-date, since the resource may be a secondary representation of the summary. Additional specific dates may be added as extensions or be found by consulting Provenances associated with past versions of the resource.\n\nSee guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization).",
 "alias": [
 "Revision Date"
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 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.date",
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 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "dateTime"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
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 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "w5",
 "map": "FiveWs.recorded"
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 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.approvalDate",
 "path": "Evidence.approvalDate",
 "short": "When the summary was approved by publisher",
 "definition": "The date on which the resource content was approved by the publisher. Approval happens once when the content is officially approved for usage.",
 "comment": "The 'date' element may be more recent than the approval date because of minor changes or editorial corrections.\n\nSee guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization).",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.approvalDate",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "date"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
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 ],
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 "isSummary": false,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "objimpl",
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.lastReviewDate",
 "path": "Evidence.lastReviewDate",
 "short": "When the summary was last reviewed by the publisher",
 "definition": "The date on which the resource content was last reviewed. Review happens periodically after approval but does not change the original approval date.",
 "comment": "If specified, this date follows the original approval date.\n\nSee guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization).",
 "requirements": "Gives a sense of how \"current\" the content is. Resources that have not been reviewed in a long time may have a risk of being less appropriate/relevant.",
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 "max": "1",
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 "path": "Evidence.lastReviewDate",
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 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "date"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 ],
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 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "objimpl",
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 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.publisher",
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 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
 "valueBoolean": true
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 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
 "valueBoolean": true
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 ],
 "path": "Evidence.publisher",
 "short": "Name of the publisher/steward (organization or individual)",
 "definition": "The name of the organization or individual responsible for the release and ongoing maintenance of the evidence.",
 "comment": "Usually an organization but may be an individual. The publisher (or steward) of the evidence is the organization or individual primarily responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the evidence. This is not necessarily the same individual or organization that developed and initially authored the content. The publisher is the primary point of contact for questions or issues with the evidence. This item SHOULD be populated unless the information is available from context.",
 "requirements": "Helps establish the \"authority/credibility\" of the evidence. May also allow for contact.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.publisher",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "string"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "w5",
 "map": "FiveWs.witness"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.contact",
 "path": "Evidence.contact",
 "short": "Contact details for the publisher",
 "definition": "Contact details to assist a user in finding and communicating with the publisher.",
 "comment": "Extensions to ContactDetail include: contactReference, contactAddress, and contributionTime (see [Clinical Reasoning Module](clinicalreasoning-module.html)).\n\nSee guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization).",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.contact",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "ContactDetail"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.author",
 "path": "Evidence.author",
 "short": "Who authored the content",
 "definition": "An individiual, organization, or device primarily involved in the creation and maintenance of the content.",
 "comment": "Extensions to ContactDetail include: contactReference, contactAddress, and contributionTime (see [Clinical Reasoning Module](clinicalreasoning-module.html)).",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.author",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "ContactDetail"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 ],
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 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.editor",
 "path": "Evidence.editor",
 "short": "Who edited the content",
 "definition": "An individiual, organization, or device primarily responsible for internal coherence of the content.",
 "comment": "Extensions to ContactDetail include: contactReference, contactAddress, and contributionTime (see [Clinical Reasoning Module](clinicalreasoning-module.html)).",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.editor",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "ContactDetail"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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 ],
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 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.reviewer",
 "path": "Evidence.reviewer",
 "short": "Who reviewed the content",
 "definition": "An individiual, organization, or device primarily responsible for review of some aspect of the content.",
 "comment": "Extensions to ContactDetail include: contactReference, contactAddress, and contributionTime (see [Clinical Reasoning Module](clinicalreasoning-module.html)).\n\nSee guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization).",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.reviewer",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "ContactDetail"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.endorser",
 "path": "Evidence.endorser",
 "short": "Who endorsed the content",
 "definition": "An individiual, organization, or device responsible for officially endorsing the content for use in some setting.",
 "comment": "Extensions to ContactDetail include: contactReference, contactAddress, and contributionTime (see [Clinical Reasoning Module](clinicalreasoning-module.html)).\n\nSee guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization).",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.endorser",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
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 "type": [
 {
 "code": "ContactDetail"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.useContext",
 "path": "Evidence.useContext",
 "short": "The context that the content is intended to support",
 "definition": "The content was developed with a focus and intent of supporting the contexts that are listed. These contexts may be general categories (gender, age, ...) or may be references to specific programs (insurance plans, studies, ...) and may be used to assist with indexing and searching for appropriate evidence instances.",
 "comment": "When multiple useContexts are specified, there is no expectation that all or any of the contexts apply.",
 "requirements": "Assist in searching for appropriate content.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.useContext",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
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 "type": [
 {
 "code": "UsageContext"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.purpose",
 "path": "Evidence.purpose",
 "short": "Why this Evidence is defined",
 "definition": "Explanation of why this Evidence is needed and why it has been designed as it has.",
 "comment": "This element does not describe the usage of the Evidence. Instead, it provides traceability of ''why'' the resource is either needed or ''why'' it is defined as it is. This may be used to point to source materials or specifications that drove the structure of this Evidence.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.purpose",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "markdown"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "w5",
 "map": "FiveWs.why[x]"
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 {
 "identity": "objimpl",
 "map": "no-gen-base"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.copyright",
 "path": "Evidence.copyright",
 "short": "Use and/or publishing restrictions",
 "definition": "A copyright statement relating to the Evidence and/or its contents. Copyright statements are generally legal restrictions on the use and publishing of the Evidence.",
 "comment": "The short copyright declaration (e.g. (c) '2015+ xyz organization' should be sent in the copyrightLabel element.",
 "requirements": "Consumers must be able to determine any legal restrictions on the use of the Evidence and/or its content.",
 "alias": [
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 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.copyright",
 "min": 0,
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 {
 "code": "markdown"
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 ],
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 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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 ],
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 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false,
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 {
 "identity": "objimpl",
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 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.copyrightLabel",
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 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
 "valueBoolean": true
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 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
 "valueBoolean": true
 }
 ],
 "path": "Evidence.copyrightLabel",
 "short": "Copyright holder and year(s)",
 "definition": "A short string (<50 characters), suitable for inclusion in a page footer that identifies the copyright holder, effective period, and optionally whether rights are resctricted. (e.g. 'All rights reserved', 'Some rights reserved').",
 "comment": "The (c) symbol should NOT be included in this string. It will be added by software when rendering the notation. Full details about licensing, restrictions, warrantees, etc. goes in the more general 'copyright' element.",
 "requirements": "Defines the content expected to be rendered in all representations of the artifact.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.copyrightLabel",
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 "max": "1"
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 "type": [
 {
 "code": "string"
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 ],
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 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.relatedArtifact",
 "path": "Evidence.relatedArtifact",
 "short": "Link or citation to artifact associated with the summary",
 "definition": "Link or citation to artifact associated with the summary.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.relatedArtifact",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
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 "type": [
 {
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 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.description",
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 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
 "valueBoolean": true
 },
 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
 "valueBoolean": true
 }
 ],
 "path": "Evidence.description",
 "short": "Description of the particular summary",
 "definition": "A free text natural language description of the evidence from a consumer's perspective.",
 "comment": "This description can be used to capture details such as comments about misuse, instructions for clinical use and interpretation, literature references, examples from the paper world, etc. It is not a rendering of the evidence as conveyed in the 'text' field of the resource itself. This item SHOULD be populated unless the information is available from context (e.g. the language of the evidence is presumed to be the predominant language in the place the evidence was created).",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.description",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "markdown"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.assertion",
 "extension": [
 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
 "valueBoolean": true
 },
 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
 "valueBoolean": true
 }
 ],
 "path": "Evidence.assertion",
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 "max": "1",
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 "path": "Evidence.assertion",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "markdown"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.note",
 "path": "Evidence.note",
 "short": "Footnotes and/or explanatory notes",
 "definition": "Footnotes and/or explanatory notes.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.note",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Annotation"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition",
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 "type": "value",
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 {
 "code": "BackboneElement"
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 ],
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 ],
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.id",
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 ],
 "short": "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
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 "type": [
 {
 "extension": [
 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
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 ],
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 ],
 "condition": [
 "ele-1"
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 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "n/a"
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 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.extension",
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 {
 "type": "value",
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 "ordered": false,
 "rules": "open"
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 "short": "Extension",
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 "path": "Element.extension",
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 "max": "*"
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 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
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 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
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 {
 "key": "ext-1",
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 ],
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.extension:variableRoleCode",
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 "max": "1",
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 "path": "Element.extension",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
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 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension",
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 "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/variable-definition-variable-role-code"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 {
 "key": "ext-1",
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 ],
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.extension:roleSubtype",
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 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.extension",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension",
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 },
 {
 "key": "ext-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
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 ],
 "isModifier": false
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.extension:comparatorCategory",
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 "sliceName": "comparatorCategory",
 "short": "The reference value used for comparison",
 "definition": "The reference value used for comparison. Value should match EvidenceVariable.category.name in the EvidenceVariable referenced in the observed or intended element.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.extension",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension",
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 "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/variable-definition-comparator-category"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 },
 {
 "key": "ext-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
 "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
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 ],
 "isModifier": false
 },
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 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.modifierExtension",
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 "short": "Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized",
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 "comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
 "requirements": "Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely ignored. This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition of modifier extensions](http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/extensibility.html#modifierExtension).",
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 "extensions",
 "user content",
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 "max": "*",
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 "path": "BackboneElement.modifierExtension",
 "min": 0,
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 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
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 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 },
 {
 "key": "ext-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
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 ],
 "isModifier": true,
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 "isSummary": true,
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 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "N/A"
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 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.description",
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 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.description",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "markdown"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.note",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.note",
 "short": "Footnotes and/or explanatory notes",
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 "max": "*",
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 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.note",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Annotation"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole",
 "short": "population | subpopulation | exposure | referenceExposure | measuredVariable | confounder",
 "definition": "population | subpopulation | exposure | referenceExposure | measuredVariable | confounder.",
 "min": 1,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole",
 "min": 1,
 "max": "1"
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 "type": [
 {
 "code": "CodeableConcept"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true,
 "binding": {
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 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
 "valueString": "EvidenceVariableRole"
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 "strength": "extensible",
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 },
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 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole.id",
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 ],
 "short": "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
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 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.id",
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 "max": "1"
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 "type": [
 {
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 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
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 ],
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 ],
 "condition": [
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 {
 "identity": "rim",
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 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole.extension",
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 {
 "type": "value",
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 },
 "short": "Additional content defined by implementations",
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 "comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
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 "extensions",
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 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
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 "path": "Element.extension",
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 "max": "*"
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 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
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 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 },
 {
 "key": "ext-1",
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 ],
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 {
 "identity": "rim",
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 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole.coding",
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 "requirements": "Allows for alternative encodings within a code system, and translations to other code systems.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "CodeableConcept.coding",
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 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Coding"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 ],
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 "identity": "v2",
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 "identity": "rim",
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 {
 "identity": "orim",
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 },
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 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole.text",
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 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
 "valueBoolean": true
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 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole.text",
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 "max": "1",
 "base": {
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 "max": "1"
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 {
 "code": "string"
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 ],
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 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
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 ],
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 "identity": "v2",
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 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "./originalText[mediaType/code=\"text/plain\"]/data"
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 {
 "identity": "orim",
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 },
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 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition.observed",
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 "max": "1",
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 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.observed",
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 "max": "1"
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 "code": "Reference",
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 ],
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 {
 "key": "ele-1",
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
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 {
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 "max": "0",
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 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.intended",
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 "max": "1"
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 {
 "code": "Reference",
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 "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group",
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/EvidenceVariable"
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 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
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 ],
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 },
 {
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 "max": "0",
 "base": {
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 "max": "1"
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 "type": [
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
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 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
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 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
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 "max": "*",
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 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition",
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 "max": "*"
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 "code": "BackboneElement"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
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 ],
 "mustSupport": true,
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 "isSummary": false
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.id",
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 "type": [
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 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
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 ],
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 ],
 "condition": [
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 "identity": "rim",
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 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.extension",
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 {
 "type": "value",
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 ],
 "ordered": false,
 "rules": "open"
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 "short": "Extension",
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 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension"
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 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
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 {
 "key": "ext-1",
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 ],
 "isModifier": false,
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 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.extension:variableRoleCode",
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 "min": 1,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.extension",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension",
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 "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/variable-definition-variable-role-code"
 ]
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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 },
 {
 "key": "ext-1",
 "severity": "error",
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 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.extension:variableRoleCode.id",
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 ],
 "short": "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
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 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.id",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "extension": [
 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
 "valueUrl": "id"
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 ],
 "code": "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
 }
 ],
 "condition": [
 "ele-1"
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false,
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 "identity": "rim",
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 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.extension:variableRoleCode.extension",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.extension.extension",
 "slicing": {
 "discriminator": [
 {
 "type": "value",
 "path": "url"
 }
 ],
 "description": "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
 "rules": "open"
 },
 "short": "Extension",
 "definition": "An Extension",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "0",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.extension",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension"
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 },
 {
 "key": "ext-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
 "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.extension:variableRoleCode.url",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.extension.url",
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 "xmlAttr"
 ],
 "short": "identifies the meaning of the extension",
 "definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
 "comment": "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
 "min": 1,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Extension.url",
 "min": 1,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "extension": [
 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
 "valueUrl": "uri"
 }
 ],
 "code": "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
 }
 ],
 "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/variable-definition-variable-role-code",
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "N/A"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.extension:variableRoleCode.value[x]",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.extension.value[x]",
 "short": "Value of extension",
 "definition": "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/extensibility.html) for a list).",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Extension.value[x]",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "code"
 }
 ],
 "patternCode": "population",
 "condition": [
 "ext-1"
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "N/A"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.extension:roleSubtype",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.extension",
 "sliceName": "roleSubtype",
 "short": "subgroup | variable-A | variable-B | variable-AB | confounder | collider | mediator | effect-modifier",
 "definition": "Sub-classification of the role of the variable.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.extension",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension",
 "profile": [
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/variable-definition-role-subtype"
 ]
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 },
 {
 "key": "ext-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
 "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.extension:comparatorCategory",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.extension",
 "sliceName": "comparatorCategory",
 "short": "The reference value used for comparison",
 "definition": "The reference value used for comparison. Value should match EvidenceVariable.category.name in the EvidenceVariable referenced in the observed or intended element.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.extension",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension",
 "profile": [
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/variable-definition-comparator-category"
 ]
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 },
 {
 "key": "ext-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
 "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.modifierExtension",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.modifierExtension",
 "short": "Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized",
 "definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.\n\nModifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).",
 "comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
 "requirements": "Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely ignored. This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition of modifier extensions](http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/extensibility.html#modifierExtension).",
 "alias": [
 "extensions",
 "user content",
 "modifiers"
 ],
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "BackboneElement.modifierExtension",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension"
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 },
 {
 "key": "ext-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
 "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": true,
 "isModifierReason": "Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the element that contains them",
 "isSummary": true,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "N/A"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.description",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.description",
 "short": "A text description or summary of the variable",
 "definition": "A text description or summary of the variable.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.description",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "markdown"
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.note",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.note",
 "short": "Footnotes and/or explanatory notes",
 "definition": "Footnotes and/or explanatory notes.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.note",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Annotation"
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.note.id",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.note.id",
 "representation": [
 "xmlAttr"
 ],
 "short": "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
 "definition": "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.id",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "extension": [
 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
 "valueUrl": "id"
 }
 ],
 "code": "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
 }
 ],
 "condition": [
 "ele-1"
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "n/a"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.note.extension",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.note.extension",
 "slicing": {
 "discriminator": [
 {
 "type": "value",
 "path": "url"
 }
 ],
 "description": "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
 "rules": "open"
 },
 "short": "Additional content defined by implementations",
 "definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
 "comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
 "alias": [
 "extensions",
 "user content"
 ],
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.extension",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension"
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 },
 {
 "key": "ext-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
 "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "n/a"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.note.author[x]",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.note.author[x]",
 "short": "Individual responsible for the annotation",
 "definition": "The individual responsible for making the annotation.",
 "comment": "Organization is used when there's no need for specific attribution as to who made the comment.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Annotation.author[x]",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Reference",
 "targetProfile": [
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner",
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PractitionerRole",
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient",
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson",
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization"
 ]
 },
 {
 "code": "string"
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "v2",
 "map": "N/A"
 },
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "Act.participant[typeCode=AUT].role"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.note.time",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.note.time",
 "short": "When the annotation was made",
 "definition": "Indicates when this particular annotation was made.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Annotation.time",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "dateTime"
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "v2",
 "map": "N/A"
 },
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "Act.effectiveTime"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.note.text",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.note.text",
 "short": "The annotation - text content (as markdown)",
 "definition": "The text of the annotation in markdown format.",
 "min": 1,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Annotation.text",
 "min": 1,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "markdown"
 }
 ],
 "patternMarkdown": "population",
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "v2",
 "map": "N/A"
 },
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "Act.text"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.variableRole",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole",
 "short": "population | subpopulation | exposure | referenceExposure | measuredVariable | confounder",
 "definition": "population | subpopulation | exposure | referenceExposure | measuredVariable | confounder.",
 "min": 1,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole",
 "min": 1,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "CodeableConcept"
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true,
 "binding": {
 "extension": [
 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
 "valueString": "EvidenceVariableRole"
 }
 ],
 "strength": "extensible",
 "description": "The role that the assertion variable plays.",
 "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/variable-role"
 }
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.variableRole.id",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole.id",
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 "xmlAttr"
 ],
 "short": "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
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 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.id",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "extension": [
 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
 "valueUrl": "id"
 }
 ],
 "code": "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
 }
 ],
 "condition": [
 "ele-1"
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "n/a"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.variableRole.extension",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole.extension",
 "slicing": {
 "discriminator": [
 {
 "type": "value",
 "path": "url"
 }
 ],
 "description": "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
 "rules": "open"
 },
 "short": "Additional content defined by implementations",
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 "comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
 "alias": [
 "extensions",
 "user content"
 ],
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "Element.extension",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Extension"
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 },
 {
 "key": "ext-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
 "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "n/a"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.variableRole.coding",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole.coding",
 "short": "Code defined by a terminology system",
 "definition": "A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.",
 "comment": "Codes may be defined very casually in enumerations, or code lists, up to very formal definitions such as SNOMED CT - see the HL7 v3 Core Principles for more information. Ordering of codings is undefined and SHALL NOT be used to infer meaning. Generally, at most only one of the coding values will be labeled as UserSelected = true.",
 "requirements": "Allows for alternative encodings within a code system, and translations to other code systems.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*",
 "base": {
 "path": "CodeableConcept.coding",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "*"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Coding"
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "v2",
 "map": "C*E.1-8, C*E.10-22"
 },
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "union(., ./translation)"
 },
 {
 "identity": "orim",
 "map": "fhir:CodeableConcept.coding rdfs:subPropertyOf dt:CD.coding"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.variableRole.text",
 "extension": [
 {
 "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable",
 "valueBoolean": true
 }
 ],
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.variableRole.text",
 "short": "Plain text representation of the concept",
 "definition": "A human language representation of the concept as seen/selected/uttered by the user who entered the data and/or which represents the intended meaning of the user.",
 "comment": "Very often the text is the same as a displayName of one of the codings.",
 "requirements": "The codes from the terminologies do not always capture the correct meaning with all the nuances of the human using them, or sometimes there is no appropriate code at all. In these cases, the text is used to capture the full meaning of the source.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "CodeableConcept.text",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "string"
 }
 ],
 "patternString": "Use extension:variableRoleCode instead.",
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true,
 "mapping": [
 {
 "identity": "v2",
 "map": "C*E.9. But note many systems use C*E.2 for this"
 },
 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "./originalText[mediaType/code=\"text/plain\"]/data"
 },
 {
 "identity": "orim",
 "map": "fhir:CodeableConcept.text rdfs:subPropertyOf dt:CD.originalText"
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.observed",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.observed",
 "short": "Definition of the actual variable related to the statistic(s)",
 "definition": "Definition of the actual variable related to the statistic(s).",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.observed",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Reference",
 "targetProfile": [
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/study-group",
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/exposure-group",
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/comparator-group",
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ebm/StructureDefinition/metaanalysis-study-group"
 ]
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": true
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.intended",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.intended",
 "short": "Definition of the intended variable related to the Evidence",
 "definition": "Definition of the intended variable related to the Evidence.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "0",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.intended",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
 "code": "Reference",
 "targetProfile": [
 "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group"
 ]
 }
 ],
 "constraint": [
 {
 "key": "ele-1",
 "severity": "error",
 "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
 "expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
 "source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
 }
 ],
 "mustSupport": false,
 "isModifier": false,
 "isSummary": false
 },
 {
 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:population.directnessMatch",
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.directnessMatch",
 "short": "low | moderate | high | exact",
 "definition": "Indication of quality of match between intended variable to actual variable.",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "0",
 "base": {
 "path": "Evidence.variableDefinition.directnessMatch",
 "min": 0,
 "max": "1"
 },
 "type": [
 {
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 "key": "ext-1",
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 "key": "ext-1",
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 "type": [
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 "key": "ext-1",
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 "max": "1",
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 "key": "ext-1",
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 {
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 },
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 "id": "Evidence.variableDefinition:outcome.variableRole.coding",
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 "requirements": "Allows for alternative encodings within a code system, and translations to other code systems.",
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 "max": "*",
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 {
 "code": "Coding"
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 ],
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 "identity": "orim",
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 ],
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 {
 "identity": "rim",
 "map": "./originalText[mediaType/code=\"text/plain\"]/data"
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 "identity": "orim",
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 {
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 ],
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 {
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 {
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 "short": "Extension",
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 "key": "ext-1",
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 "key": "ext-1",
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 "id": "Evidence.statistic.note",
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 {
 "id": "Evidence.statistic.statisticType",
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 "key": "ele-1",
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 },
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