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# medicationstatement_dosage

Indicates how the medication is/was or should be taken by the patient (`MedicationStatement.dosage[]`).

**Primary Keys:**

* medicationstatement\_dosage\_id

**Foreign Keys:**

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

| Column                          | Data Type | Description                                 |
| ------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| medicationstatement\_dosage\_id | varchar   | Unique identifier for the dosage row        |
| medicationstatement\_id         | varchar   | FK to the parent medicationstatement record |
| route\_text                     | varchar   | Free-text route of administration           |
| text                            | varchar   | Free-text dosage instructions               |

**Related Tables:**

**Parent:**

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

**Child:**

* [medicationstatement\_dosage\_doseandrate](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/medicationstatement/dosage_doseandrate)
* [medicationstatement\_dosage\_route\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/medicationstatement/dosage_route_coding)