# Dosage: MPD - HL7 Europe Medication Prescription and Dispense v1.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Dosage: MPD**

## Data Type Profile: Dosage: MPD 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/mpd-r5/StructureDefinition/Dosage-eu-mpd | *Version*:1.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-05-27 | *Computable Name*:DosageEuMpd |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | |

 
This profile defines how to represent Dosage data on ePrescription and eDispensation. The profile is equal to FHIR Dosage and only adds obligations and source of requirements. 

**Usages:**

* Use this DataType Profile: [MedicationDispense: MPD](StructureDefinition-MedicationDispense-eu-mpd.md) and [MedicationRequest: MPD](StructureDefinition-MedicationRequest-eu-mpd.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/hl7.fhir.eu.mpd-r5|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-Dosage-eu-mpd.json)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-Dosage-eu-mpd.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-Dosage-eu-mpd.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-Dosage-eu-mpd.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "Dosage-eu-mpd",
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/mpd-r5/StructureDefinition/Dosage-eu-mpd",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "DosageEuMpd",
  "title" : "Dosage: MPD",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-05-27T08:52:28+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile defines how to represent Dosage data on ePrescription and eDispensation. The profile is equal to FHIR Dosage and only adds obligations and source of requirements.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
  "fhirVersion" : "5.0.0",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 V2 Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Dosage",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Dosage",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Dosage",
      "path" : "Dosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.sequence",
      "path" : "Dosage.sequence",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.patientInstruction",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Dosage.patientInstruction",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.timing.repeat",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Dosage.timing.repeat",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.bounds[x]",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        },
        {
          "url" : "documentation",
          "valueMarkdown" : "System SHALL support at least Duration data type for the element"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.bounds[x]",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.duration",
      "path" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.duration",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.durationUnit",
      "path" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.durationUnit",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.frequency",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.frequency",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.period",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.period",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.periodUnit",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.periodUnit",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.dayOfWeek",
      "path" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.dayOfWeek",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.timeOfDay",
      "path" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.timeOfDay",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.when",
      "path" : "Dosage.timing.repeat.when",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.asNeeded",
      "path" : "Dosage.asNeeded",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.site",
      "path" : "Dosage.site",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.route",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Dosage.route",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.doseAndRate",
      "path" : "Dosage.doseAndRate",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.doseAndRate.dose[x]",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        },
        {
          "url" : "documentation",
          "valueMarkdown" : "System SHALL support at least Quantity data type for the element"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Dosage.doseAndRate.dose[x]",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Dosage.doseAndRate.rate[x]",
      "path" : "Dosage.doseAndRate.rate[x]",
      "requirements" : "EHDSDosage"
    }]
  }
}

```
