http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-patient|8.0.0-ballot

The US Core Patient Profile inherits from the FHIR [Patient](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/patient.html) resource; refer to it for scope and usage definitions. This profile meets the requirements of the [U.S. Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI)](https://www.healthit.gov/isp/united-states-core-data-interoperability-uscdi) *Patient Demographics/Information* Data Class. It sets minimum expectations for the Patient resource to record, search, and fetch basic demographics and other administrative information about an individual patient. It specifies which core elements, extensions, vocabularies, and value sets **SHALL** be present and constrains how the elements are used. Providing the floor for standards development for specific use cases promotes interoperability and adoption.
Base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient4.0.1, 5.0.0, 4.0.1
Type: Patient (a.k.a: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient)
Type dependencies: 0
Elements
active: boolean
address: Address
use: code
city: string
type: code
state: string
extension: Extension
line: string
postalCode: string
period: Period
country: string
district: string
text: string
birthDate: date
communication: BackboneElement
extension: Extension
modifierExtension: Extension
language: CodeableConcept
preferred: boolean
contact: BackboneElement
address: Address
name: HumanName
relationship: CodeableConcept
organization: Reference
extension: Extension
telecom: ContactPoint
gender: code
period: Period
modifierExtension: Extension
contained: Resource
deceased[x]: boolean,dateTime
extension: Extension
extension:birthsex: Extension
extension:ethnicity: Extension
extension:genderIdentity: Extension
extension:interpreterRequired: Extension
extension:personalPronouns: Extension
extension:race: Extension
extension:sex: Extension
extension:sexParameterForClinicalUse: Extension
extension:tribalAffiliation: Extension
gender: code
generalPractitioner: Reference
identifier: Identifier
implicitRules: uri
language: code
managingOrganization: Reference
maritalStatus: CodeableConcept
meta: Meta
modifierExtension: Extension
multipleBirth[x]: boolean,integer
name: HumanName
suffix: string
given: string
family: string
use: code
prefix: string
extension: Extension
period: Period
text: string
photo: Attachment
text: Narrative