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Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the Measure resource.
| Measure | |
| Definition | The Measure resource provides the definition of a quality measure. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Measure.identifier | |
| Definition | A logical identifier for the module such as the CMS or NQF identifiers for a measure artifact. |
| Note | This is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
| Control | 0..* |
| Type | Identifier |
| Summary | true |
| Measure.version | |
| Definition | The version of the module, if any. To provide a version consistent with the Decision Support Service specification, use the format Major.Minor.Revision (e.g. 1.0.0). For more information on versioning knowledge modules, refer to the Decision Support Service specification. |
| Note | This is a business versionId, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | true |
| Measure.moduleMetadata | |
| Definition | A reference to a ModuleMetadata resource that describes the metadata for the measure. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(ModuleMetadata) |
| Measure.library | |
| Definition | A reference to a Library resource containing the formal logic used by the measure. |
| Control | 0..* |
| Type | Reference(Library) |
| Measure.population | |
| Definition | The measure populations. |
| Control | 0..* |
| Measure.population.type | |
| Definition | The type of population criteria. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Binding | MeasurePopulationType: The type of population (Required) |
| Type | code |
| Measure.population.name | |
| Definition | Optional name or short description of this population. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| Measure.population.description | |
| Definition | The human readable description of this population criteria. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| Measure.population.criteria | |
| Definition | The name of a valid referenced CQL expression (may be namespaced) that defines this population criteria. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | string |
| Measure.stratifier | |
| Definition | The stratifier criteria for the measure report, specified as either the name of a valid referenced CQL expression or a valid FHIR Resource Path. |
| Control | 0..* |
| Type | string |
| Measure.supplementalData | |
| Definition | The supplemental data to be supplied as part of the measure response, specified as a valid FHIR Resource Path. |
| Control | 0..* |
| Type | string |