Evidence of health treatments efficacy
Examples FHIR R6
Evidence of Health Treatment Efficacy Implementation Guide published by Linca Telecomunicações Ltda. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0. This version is based on the current content of <link> and changes regularly. See the implementation guide for version fhir r5
Examples
Page standards status: Informative
Evidence
{
"resourceType": "Evidence",
"extension": [
{
"url": "https://treatments.telix.health/implementationguide/extensions/study-country",
"valueCodeableConcept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "https://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/country",
"code": "BR",
"display": "Brazil"
},
{
"system": "https://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/country",
"code": "CN",
"display": "China"
},
{
"system": "https://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/country",
"code": "DE",
"display": "Germany"
},
{
"system": "https://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/country",
"code": "IT",
"display": "Italy"
},
{
"system": "https://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/country",
"code": "GB",
"display": "United Kingdom"
}
]
}
}
],
"identifier": [
{
"use": "official",
"system": "https://interneb.org/global-computable-evidence-identifiers",
"value": "migraine-placebo-10.1002-14651858-cd001218-pub3"
}
],
"title": "This Evidence resource describes the placebo comparator used in a study evaluating acupuncture for the prevention of episodic migraine.",
"status": "active",
"date": "2016-06",
"publisher": "Linca Telecomunicações Ltda",
"author": [
{
"name": "Diuary Cordeiro Machado",
"telecom": [
{
"system": "email",
"value": "diuarycm@gmail.com"
}
]
}
],
"classification": [
{
"code": {
"system": "https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/ebm/en/ValueSet-179431.html",
"code": "population",
"display": "Population"
},
"valueCodeableConcept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "https://icd.who.int/ct/icd11_mms/en",
"version": "2026-01",
"code": "8A80",
"display": "Migraine"
}
]
}
},
{
"code": {
"system": "https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/ebm/en/ValueSet-179431.html",
"code": "comparator",
"display": "Comparator"
},
"valueCodeableConcept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "https://atcddd.fhi.no/atc_ddd_index/",
"code": "V03AX10",
"display": "Placebo"
}
]
}
},
{
"code": {
"system": "https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/ebm/en/ValueSet-179431.html",
"code": "outcome-measure",
"display": "Outcome Measure"
},
"valueCodeableConcept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "https://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/en/ValueSet-research-study-purpose-type.html",
"code": "efficacy",
"display": "Efficacy Study"
}
]
}
}
],
"relatesTo": [
{
"type": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "https://terminology.hl7.org/7.1.0/en/CodeSystem-artifact-relationship-type.html",
"code": "citation",
"display": "Citation"
}
]
},
"targetUri": "https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD001218.pub3"
}
],
"description": "Klaus Linde et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 06 / 2016",
"assertion": "Placebo comparator for acupuncture in the prevention of episodic migraine",
"variableDefinition": [
{
"variableRole": "outcome",
"coding": [
{
"system": "https://build.fhir.org/valueset-variable-role.html",
"code": "outcome",
"display": "Outcome"
}
]
}
],
"studyDesign": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "https://hl7.org/fhir/codesystem-study-design.html",
"code": "synthesis-type",
"display": "Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"
}
]
}
],
"statistic": [
{
"description": "Efficacy calculated based on participants who achieved at least a 50% reduction in headache frequency in the sham acupuncture comparator group.",
"category": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "https://treatments.telix.health/codesystem/categorized-efficacy-outcomes",
"code": "persistent reduction of symptoms",
"display": "Persistent reduction of symptoms"
}
]
},
"numberOfEvents": 770,
"numberAffected": 314,
"sampleSize": {
"numberOfParticipants": 1825
}
}
]
}
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