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Extension: Ethnicity

Official URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ethnicity Version: 4.1.2-preview
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 0 Computable Name: Ethnicity

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This extension applies to the Patient resource and is used to represent ethnic identity (see Australian Bureau of Statistics for further information). This extension is to support the provision of healthcare services to patients with specific cultural identities. This extension provides further information about a person’s cultural values and practices which can be significant in determining service type, support required and possible needs.

The words ‘ethnicity’ and ‘ethnic’ are associated with many different meanings, but for the purpose of this extension ethnicity refers to the shared identity or similarity of a group of people on the basis of one or more distinguishing sociological characteristics, such as language, shared history, religion, cultural traditions or geographic origin etc. This extension supports Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as well as ethnicities originating from outside of Australia.

This extension may be used on the following element(s):

  • Element ID Patient

NOTE: There is concern on the appropriateness of the Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG) 2019 and the more specific ancestry coding index for use as a terminology outside of a statistical domain. Feedback is sought on the suitability of these coding standards in supporting targeted provision of culturally appropriate healthcare services.

NOTE: This extension is not suitable for use when an ethnic identity is comprised of an unstructured string of potentially multiple composites (e.g. ‘Of Malaysian and German descent but associates more as a Malay’). Feedback is sought on how to support an unstructured string, including the possibility of a string alternative to cater for narrative or composite text statements.

Usage Notes

Usage:

Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..*ExtensionEthnicity
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ethnicity"
... value[x] 1..1CodeableConceptCoded ethnicity

doco Documentation for this format
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..*ExtensionEthnicity
... id 0..1stringUnique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..*ExtensionAdditional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ethnicity"

doco Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension of type CodeableConcept: This extension applies to the Patient resource and is used to represent ethnic identity (see Australian Bureau of Statistics for further information). This extension is to support the provision of healthcare services to patients with specific cultural identities. This extension provides further information about a person’s cultural values and practices which can be significant in determining service type, support required and possible needs.

The words 'ethnicity' and 'ethnic' are associated with many different meanings, but for the purpose of this extension ethnicity refers to the shared identity or similarity of a group of people on the basis of one or more distinguishing sociological characteristics, such as language, shared history, religion, cultural traditions or geographic origin etc. This extension supports Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as well as ethnicities originating from outside of Australia.

Maturity: 0

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..*ExtensionEthnicity
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ethnicity"
... value[x] 1..1CodeableConceptCoded ethnicity

doco Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..*ExtensionEthnicity
... id 0..1stringUnique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..*ExtensionAdditional content defined by implementations
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/ethnicity"

doco Documentation for this format

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Constraints

IdGradePath(s)DetailsRequirements
ele-1error**ALL** elementsAll FHIR elements must have a @value or children
: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1error**ALL** extensionsMust have either extensions or value[x], not both
: extension.exists() != value.exists()