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# ImmunizationRecommendation

> A patient's point-in-time set of recommendations (i.e. forecasting) according to a published schedule with optional supporting justification.

## Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| identifier | No | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier)\[] | Business identifier |
| patient | Yes | Reference\<[Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient)> | Who this profile is for |
| date | Yes | dateTime | Date recommendation(s) created |
| authority | No | Reference\<[Organization](/medical-api/fhir/resources/organization)> | Who is responsible for protocol |
| recommendation | Yes | ImmunizationRecommendationRecommendation | Vaccine administration recommendations |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - vaccineCode | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[] | Vaccine or vaccine group recommendation applies to |
| - targetDisease | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | Disease to be immunized against |
| - contraindicatedVaccineCode | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[] | Vaccine which is contraindicated to fulfill the recommendation |
| - forecastStatus | Yes | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | Vaccine recommendation status |
| - forecastReason | No | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept)\[] | Vaccine administration status reason |
| - dateCriterion | No | ImmunizationRecommendationRecommendationDateCriterion | Dates governing proposed immunization |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - code | Yes | [CodeableConcept](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/codeableconcept) | Type of date |
| - value | Yes | dateTime | Recommended date |
| - description | No | string | Protocol details |
| - series | No | string | Name of vaccination series |
| - doseNumber\[x] | No | positiveInt, string | Recommended dose number within series |
| - seriesDoses\[x] | No | positiveInt, string | Recommended number of doses for immunity |
| - supportingImmunization | No | Reference\<[Immunization](/medical-api/fhir/resources/immunization) / [ImmunizationEvaluation](/medical-api/fhir/resources/immunizationevaluation)>\[] | Past immunizations supporting recommendation |
| - supportingPatientInformation | No | Reference\<Resource>\[] | Patient observations supporting recommendation |

## Search Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Expression |
| - | - | - | - |
| date | date | Date recommendation(s) created | ImmunizationRecommendation.date |
| identifier | token | Business identifier | ImmunizationRecommendation.identifier |
| information | reference | Patient observations supporting recommendation | ImmunizationRecommendation.recommendation.supportingPatientInformation |
| patient | reference | Who this profile is for | ImmunizationRecommendation.patient |
| status | token | Vaccine recommendation status | ImmunizationRecommendation.recommendation.forecastStatus |
| support | reference | Past immunizations supporting recommendation | ImmunizationRecommendation.recommendation.supportingImmunization |
| target-disease | token | Disease to be immunized against | ImmunizationRecommendation.recommendation.targetDisease |
| vaccine-type | token | Vaccine or vaccine group recommendation applies to | ImmunizationRecommendation.recommendation.vaccineCode |

## Inherited Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| id | No | string | Logical id of this artifact |
| meta | No | [Meta](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/meta) | Metadata about the resource |
| implicitRules | No | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
| language | No | code | Language of the resource content |
| text | No | [Narrative](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/narrative) | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained | No | Resource\[] | Contained, inline Resources |
| extension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| modifierExtension | No | [Extension](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/extension)\[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored |

To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see [ImmunizationRecommendation](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ImmunizationRecommendation).


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