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EffectEvidenceSynthesis resource (FHIR R4)

EffectEvidenceSynthesis is the FHIR R4 resource for the EffectEvidenceSynthesis resource describes the difference in an outcome between exposures states in a population where the effect estimate is derived from a combination of research studies.

ResourceEffectEvidenceSynthesis
FHIR versionR4 (4.0.1)
Canonical URLhttp://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/EffectEvidenceSynthesis
Required elementsstatus (1..1), population (1..1), exposure (1..1), exposureAlternative (1..1), outcome (1..1)

Example

{
  "resourceType": "EffectEvidenceSynthesis",
  "id": "effectevidencesynthesis-fb200d89cd49b7b8905b115f0ea9c84a",
  "status": "draft",
  "population": {
    "reference": "EvidenceVariable/evidencevariable-358c96fc60a585b5fd45aa664a062b2b"
  },
  "exposure": {
    "reference": "EvidenceVariable/evidencevariable-f7cce3d3f860355e8d0de014352d46aa"
  },
  "exposureAlternative": {
    "reference": "EvidenceVariable/evidencevariable-f3c7a118836c7342cae2b55548662f1e"
  },
  "outcome": {
    "reference": "EvidenceVariable/evidencevariable-69f9ead7a2345a3eee081467b1c3273c"
  }
}

Generated by the Pidgeon engine: pidgeon generate EffectEvidenceSynthesis --seed 20260722.

Validation context

  • strict pidgeon validate grades a EffectEvidenceSynthesis instance against the base R4 structure definition: missing required elements raise REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING and cardinality violations raise CARDINALITY_MIN or CARDINALITY_MAX.(REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING)

This answer, in your terminal

pidgeon lookup EffectEvidenceSynthesis

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Rendered from the same machine-readable definitions the Pidgeon engine validates against. Exported from the Pidgeon engine's FHIR R4 definitions (CC0); example generated with seed 20260722.