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# QuestionnaireResponse

> A structured set of questions and their answers. The questions are ordered and grouped into coherent subsets, corresponding to the structure of the grouping of the questionnaire being responded to.

## Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| identifier | No | [Identifier](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/identifier) | Unique id for this set of answers |
| basedOn | No | Reference\<[CarePlan](/medical-api/fhir/resources/careplan) / [ServiceRequest](/medical-api/fhir/resources/servicerequest)>\[] | Request fulfilled by this QuestionnaireResponse |
| partOf | No | Reference\<[Observation](/medical-api/fhir/resources/observation) / [Procedure](/medical-api/fhir/resources/procedure)>\[] | Part of this action |
| questionnaire | No | canonical | Form being answered |
| status | Yes | code | in-progress / completed / amended / entered-in-error / stopped |
| subject | No | Reference\<Resource> | The subject of the questions |
| encounter | No | Reference\<[Encounter](/medical-api/fhir/resources/encounter)> | Encounter created as part of |
| authored | No | dateTime | Date the answers were gathered |
| author | No | Reference\<[Device](/medical-api/fhir/resources/device) / [Practitioner](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitioner) / [PractitionerRole](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitionerrole) / [Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient) / [RelatedPerson](/medical-api/fhir/resources/relatedperson) / [Organization](/medical-api/fhir/resources/organization)> | Person who received and recorded the answers |
| source | No | Reference\<[Patient](/medical-api/fhir/resources/patient) / [Practitioner](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitioner) / [PractitionerRole](/medical-api/fhir/resources/practitionerrole) / [RelatedPerson](/medical-api/fhir/resources/relatedperson)> | The person who answered the questions |
| item | No | QuestionnaireResponseItem | Groups and questions |
| - 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 |
| - linkId | Yes | string | Pointer to specific item from Questionnaire |
| - definition | No | uri | ElementDefinition - details for the item |
| - text | No | string | Name for group or question text |
| - answer | No | QuestionnaireResponseItemAnswer | The response(s) to the question |
| - 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 |
| - value\[x] | No | boolean, decimal, integer, date, dateTime, time, string, uri, [Attachment](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/attachment), [Coding](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/coding), [Quantity](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/quantity), Reference\<Resource> | Single-valued answer to the question |
| - item | No | \[] | Nested groups and questions |
| - item | No | \[] | Nested questionnaire response items |

## Search Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Expression |
| - | - | - | - |
| author | reference | The author of the questionnaire response | QuestionnaireResponse.author |
| authored | date | When the questionnaire response was last changed | QuestionnaireResponse.authored |
| based-on | reference | Plan/proposal/order fulfilled by this questionnaire response | QuestionnaireResponse.basedOn |
| encounter | reference | Encounter associated with the questionnaire response | QuestionnaireResponse.encounter |
| identifier | token | The unique identifier for the questionnaire response | QuestionnaireResponse.identifier |
| part-of | reference | Procedure or observation this questionnaire response was performed as a part of | QuestionnaireResponse.partOf |
| patient | reference | The patient that is the subject of the questionnaire response | QuestionnaireResponse.subject |
| questionnaire | reference | The questionnaire the answers are provided for | QuestionnaireResponse.questionnaire |
| source | reference | The individual providing the information reflected in the questionnaire respose | QuestionnaireResponse.source |
| status | token | The status of the questionnaire response | QuestionnaireResponse.status |
| subject | reference | The subject of the questionnaire response | QuestionnaireResponse.subject |

## 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 [QuestionnaireResponse](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/QuestionnaireResponse).


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