EvidenceVariableHandling

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  "date" : "2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00",
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    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n      \n      \n            <p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/variable-handling defines the following codes:</p>\n      \n      \n            <table class=\"codes\">\n        \n        \n              <tr>\n          \n          \n                <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\n            \n            \n                  <b>Code</b>\n          \n          \n                </td>\n          \n          \n                <td>\n            \n            \n                  <b>Display</b>\n          \n          \n                </td>\n          \n          \n                <td>\n            \n            \n                  <b>Definition</b>\n          \n          \n                </td>\n        \n        \n              </tr>\n        \n        \n              <tr>\n          \n          \n                <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">continuous\n            \n            \n                  <a name=\"variable-handling-continuous\"> </a>\n          \n          \n                </td>\n          \n          \n                <td>continuous variable</td>\n          \n          \n                <td>A continuous variable is one for which, within the limits the variable ranges, any value is possible (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000251).</td>\n        \n        \n              </tr>\n        \n        \n              <tr>\n          \n          \n                <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">dichotomous\n            \n            \n                  <a name=\"variable-handling-dichotomous\"> </a>\n          \n          \n                </td>\n          \n          \n                <td>dichotomous variable</td>\n          \n          \n                <td>A dichotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have only 2 categories or possible values (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000090).</td>\n        \n        \n              </tr>\n        \n        \n              <tr>\n          \n          \n                <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">ordinal\n            \n            \n                  <a name=\"variable-handling-ordinal\"> </a>\n          \n          \n                </td>\n          \n          \n                <td>ordinal variable</td>\n          \n          \n                <td>An ordinal variable is a categorical variable where the discrete possible values are ordered or correspond to an implicit ranking (from STATO http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000228).</td>\n        \n        \n              </tr>\n        \n        \n              <tr>\n          \n          \n                <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">polychotomous\n            \n            \n                  <a name=\"variable-handling-polychotomous\"> </a>\n          \n          \n                </td>\n          \n          \n                <td>polychotomous variable</td>\n          \n          \n                <td>A polychotomous variable is a categorical variable which is defined to have minimally 2 categories or possible values. (from STATO  http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/STATO_0000087).  Suggestion to limit code use to situations when neither dichotomous nor ordinal variables apply.</td>\n        \n        \n              </tr>\n      \n      \n            </table>\n    \n    \n          </div>",
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