> ## 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)