This resource describes a product or service that is available through a program and includes the conditions and constraints of availability. All of the information in this resource is specific to the inclusion of the item in the formulary and is not inherent to the item itself.

Business identifier for this formulary item.

The validity about the information of the formulary item and not of the underlying product or service itself.

This status is intended to identify if the formulary item in a local system is in active use within the formulary. For example, a formulary might include a medicinal product and the status relates to its inclusion. At some point in the future, if the status of the formulary item is changed to "inactive" that means that it is no longer valid in the formulary. But the product itself might still be in active use and might be included in other formularies.

Categorization for this formulary item.

The owner of the formulary that this item was created for.

The information that this item is about.

The creator or owner of the information about the item.

The price of the underlying item.

The date range for which the cost information of the medication is effective.

The category of the cost information. For example, manufacturers' cost, patient cost, claim reimbursement cost, actual acquisition cost.

The source or owner that assigns the price to the medication.

The price or representation of the cost (for example, Band A, Band B or $, $$) of the item.

Any precautions that affect the item.

The program under which the item is reviewed.

Type of program under which the item is monitored.

Name of the reviewing program.

Guidelines or protocols that are applicable for the administration of the medication based on indication.

Indication or reason for use of the medication that applies to the specific administration guideline.

The guidelines for the dosage of the medication for the indication.

The overall intention of the treatment, for example, prophylactic, supporative, curative, etc.

Dosage for the medication for the specific guidelines.

The type or category of dosage for a given medication (for example, prophylaxis, maintenance, therapeutic, etc.).

Dosage for the medication for the specific guidelines.

The type of the treatment that the guideline applies to, for example, long term therapy, first line treatment, etc.

Characteristics of the patient that are relevant to the administration guidelines (for example, height, weight, gender, etc.).

The categorization of the specific characteristic that is relevant to the administration guideline (e.g. height, weight, gender).

The specific characteristic (e.g. height, weight, gender, etc.).

Documents that provide more information about the item.

Specifies descriptive properties of the item, such as color, shape, imprints, etc.

A code specifying which characteristic of the item is being described (for example, colour, shape, imprint).

Description of the characteristic.

The description should be provided as a CodeableConcept, SimpleQuantity or an image. The description can be a string only when these others are not available.

Status of the availability of the item.

Time period of the availability of the item.

Specific coverage information about the item.

A code specifying the type of coverage information.

Description of the coverage.

Specifies if changes are allowed when dispensing a medication from a regulatory perspective.

Specifies the type of substitution allowed.

Specifies if regulation allows for changes in the medication when dispensing.

Specifies the schedule of a medication in jurisdiction.

The maximum number of units of the medication that can be dispensed in a period.

The maximum number of units of the medication that can be dispensed.

The period that applies to the maximum number of units.

Associated or related items. For example, if the item is about a branded product (e.g. Crestor), this could link to the generic medication (e.g. Rosuvastatin).

The category of the associated formulary item reference.

Associated items about the formulary item.