General rules on result type
Synonyms | Value set type, data type, scale of measurement, value set category, value set classification | ||
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Definition | Classification of a value set with one or more common characteristics | ||
Description |
A result type defines (for clinically purposes):
A result type is attributed to one kind-of-property (see exceptions in Details) |
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Subjects | Notes | Examples |
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Two or more result types attributted to one kind-of-property |
In some cases there are examinations with a nature that cannot be described with the current vocabulary. For some kinds-of-property, there can be two result types assigned to one NPU code. This occurs primarily for arbitrary kinds-of-quantity. |
Value sets for NPU codes with e.g. ‘arbitrary number fraction’ can be on an ordinal or ratio scale. |