qdm.dataelement

Patient Characteristic Ethnicity

QDM Definition:

Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the patient has one or more of the ethnicities indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set. Timing: Ethnicity does not have a specific timing. Measures using Patient Characteristic, Ethnicity should address the most recent entry in the clinical record.

Based On: Observation

A statement that asserts the value of a property (observable) of the subject. The subject is often the patient, but may be a condition, a physical structure, or another clinical statement. For example, an interpretation is a finding about an observation.

Direct Descendants:

• EthnicityPatientCharacteristicEthnicity

QDM Attributes

Subject.Statement

Defined in Observation

DataType

Constrained in PatientCharacteristicEthnicity

Patient