> ## Documentation Index
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# careplan

Describes the intention of how one or more practitioners intend to deliver care for a particular patient, group or community for a period of time, possibly limited to care for a specific condition or set of conditions. See the [HL7 FHIR R4 spec](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/careplan.html) for full details.

**Tables in this resource:**

* **careplan** – Main care plan record (this page)
* [careplan\_category](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/careplan/category) – Backbone for category
* [careplan\_category\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/careplan/category_coding)
* [careplan\_activity](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/careplan/activity) – Activities within the care plan
* [careplan\_activity\_detail\_code\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/careplan/activity_detail_code_coding)
* [careplan\_activity\_detail\_performer](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/careplan/activity_detail_performer) – Performers per activity
* [careplan\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/careplan/extension)
* [careplan\_extension\_vcc\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/careplan/extension_vcc_coding)
* **careplan\_references** – Normalized references; see [Reference Tables](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/reference_tables)

**Primary Keys:**

* careplan\_id

**Foreign Keys:**

* patient\_id – links to the [patient](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/patient/base) table

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| Column | Data Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| careplan\_id | varchar | Unique identifier for the care plan |
| patient\_id | varchar | Unique identifier for the patient |
| status | varchar | Status of the care plan |
| created | datetime | When the care plan was created (FHIR `CarePlan.created`) |
| period\_start | datetime | Start of the care plan period (FHIR `CarePlan.period.start`) |
| period\_end | datetime | End of the care plan period (FHIR `CarePlan.period.end`) |
| intent | varchar | Intent |
| description | varchar | Narrative description of the care plan |
| meta\_source | varchar | Source document filename from FHIR meta.source |
| data\_source\_ext† | varchar | Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension |

**Related Tables:**

**Parent:**

* [patient](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/patient/base)

**Child:**

* [careplan\_activity](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/careplan/activity)
* [careplan\_category](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/careplan/category)
* [careplan\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/careplan/extension)


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