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  1. FHIR Specification Feedback
  2. FHIR-34187

How can we store the quantity of an ingredient?

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    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • R5
    • Pharmacy
    • Medication
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      Strength is the common term for listing the various quantities and/or ratios of the ingredients.  If you have simple quantities of the ingredients using ingredient.strengthQuantity would be the proper way to store it.

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      Strength is the common term for listing the various quantities and/or ratios of the ingredients.  If you have simple quantities of the ingredients using ingredient.strengthQuantity would be the proper way to store it.

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      We need to store the amount of each of the ingredients that compose a Medication.

      There is the element strengthQuantity that seems to fit for this purpose, but we find that strength implies concentration and not amount.

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            rquintano Ricardo Quintano
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