<status value="draft"/><experimental value="false"/><date value="2018-08-19T21:48:56+10:00"/><publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/><contact><telecom><system value="url"/><value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/></telecom><telecom><system value="email"/><value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/></telecom></contact><description value="Identifies the overall pattern of medication administratio."/><caseSensitive value="true"/><valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/course-of-therapy"/><content value="complete"/><concept><code value="continuous"/><display value="Continuous long term therapy"/><definition value="A medication which is expected to be continued beyond the present order and which the patient should be assumed to be taking unless explicitly stopped."/></concept><concept><code value="acute"/><display value="Short course (acute) therapy"/><definition value="A medication which the patient is only expected to consume for the duration of the current order and which is not expected to be renewed."/></concept><concept><code value="seasonal"/><display value="Seasonal"/><definition value="A medication which is expected to be used on a part time basis at certain times of the year."/></concept></CodeSystem>

MedicationRequestCourseOfTherapy

Identifies the overall pattern of medication administratio.

This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/course-of-therapy defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition
continuous	Continuous long term therapy	A medication which is expected to be continued beyond the present order and which the patient should be assumed to be taking unless explicitly stopped.
acute	Short course (acute) therapy	A medication which the patient is only expected to consume for the duration of the current order and which is not expected to be renewed.
seasonal	Seasonal	A medication which is expected to be used on a part time basis at certain times of the year.