## Profile Comparison between http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/Patient-animal-eu-lab vs http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core

Left: | Patient: Animal (http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/Patient-animal-eu-lab)
Right: | Patient (EU core) (http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core)

### Messages

Error | StructureDefinition.url | Values for url differ: 'http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/Patient-animal-eu-lab' vs 'http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core'
Error | StructureDefinition.version | Values for version differ: '0.1.1' vs '2.0.0'
Information | StructureDefinition.name | Values for name differ: 'PatientAnimalEu' vs 'PatientEuCore'
Information | StructureDefinition.title | Values for title differ: 'Patient: Animal' vs 'Patient (EU core)'
Information | StructureDefinition.date | Values for date differ: '2025-03-25T12:00:10+01:00' vs '2026-04-17T18:08:11+02:00'
Information | StructureDefinition.copyright | Values for copyright differ: 'Used by permission of HL7 Europe, all rights reserved Creative Commons License' vs 'Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).'
Error | StructureDefinition.baseDefinition | Values for baseDefinition differ: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient' vs 'http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu'
Information | Patient.language | Example/preferred bindings differ at Patient.language using binding from PatientAnimalEu
Information | Patient.extension | Element minimum cardinalities differ: '1' vs '0'
Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'An identifier for this patient' vs 'Patient identifiers'
Information | StructureDefinition.requirements | Values for requirements differ: 'Need to be able to track the patient by multiple names. Examples are your official name and a partner name.' vs 'Need to be able to track the patient by multiple names. Examples are your official name and a partner name. The Alphabetic representation of the name SHALL be always provided'
Information | Patient.name | Element minimum cardinalities differ: '0' vs '1'
Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Use contact.telecom' vs 'A contact detail for the patient'
Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'Animals do not have phones, their contacts do. Contact.telecom should be used.' vs 'A Patient may have multiple ways to be contacted with different uses or applicable periods. May need to have options for contacting the person urgently and also to help with identification. The address might not go directly to the individual, but may reach another party that is able to proxy for the patient (i.e. home phone, or pet owner's phone).'
Information | Patient.telecom | Element maximum cardinalities differ: '0' vs '2147483647'
Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'male | female | other | unknown' vs 'Administrative Gender'
Information | StructureDefinition.comment | Values for comment differ: 'At least an estimated year should be provided as a guess if the real DOB is unknown There is a standard extension 'patient-birthTime' available that should be used where Time is required (such as in maternity/infant care systems).' vs 'At least an estimated year should be provided as a guess if the real DOB is unknown. There is a standard extension 'patient-birthTime' available that should be used where Time is required (such as in maternity/infant care systems).'
Information | Patient.birthDate | Element minimum cardinalities differ: '0' vs '1'
Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Marital (civil) status of a patient' vs 'Marital status'
Information | Patient.maritalStatus | Element maximum cardinalities differ: '0' vs '1'
Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'The kind of relationship' vs 'Contact relationship'
Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'A name associated with the contact person' vs 'Contact name'
Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'A contact detail for the person' vs 'Contact details for the person'
Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Address for the contact person' vs 'Contact person address'
Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health' vs 'Communication language'
Information | Patient.communication.language | Example/preferred bindings differ at Patient.communication.language using binding from PatientAnimalEu
Information | StructureDefinition.short | Values for short differ: 'Patient's nominated primary care provider' vs 'Patient's nominated primary care provider.'

### Metadata

Name | Value | Comments
--- | --- | ---
abstract | false |
baseDefinition | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient | http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu | Values Differ
copyright | Used by permission of HL7 Europe, all rights reserved Creative Commons License | Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | Values Differ
date | 2025-03-25T12:00:10+01:00 | 2026-04-17T18:08:11+02:00 | Values Differ
description | This profile defines how to represent an Animal as subject of care in FHIR for the purpose of this guide. This is used to identify the species when a specimen is collected from an animal | This profile introduces essential constraints and extensions for the Patient resource that apply across multiple use cases. When the ips-pat-1 invariant is satisfied \(Patient.name.given, Patient.name.family or Patient.name.text SHALL be present\) then this profile complies with the IPS patient profile. | Values Differ
experimental |  |
fhirVersion | 4.0.1 |
jurisdiction |  |
jurisdiction[0] | http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm#150 |
kind | resource |
name | PatientAnimalEu | PatientEuCore | Values Differ
publisher | HL7 Europe |
purpose |  |
status | active |
title | Patient: Animal | Patient (EU core) | Values Differ
type | Patient |
url | http://hl7.eu/fhir/laboratory/StructureDefinition/Patient-animal-eu-lab | http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core | Values Differ
version | 0.1.1 | 2.0.0 | Values Differ

### Structure

Name | L Flags | L Card. | L Type | L Description & Constraints | R Flags | R Card. | R Type | R Description & Constraints | Comments
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Patient |  | 0..* | Patient | Information about an individual or animal receiving health care services |  | 0..* | PatientEu | Information about an individual or animal receiving health care services |
id | Σ | 0..1 | id | Logical id of this artifact | Σ | 0..1 | id | Logical id of this artifact |
meta | Σ | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource | Σ | 0..1 | Meta | Metadata about the resource |
implicitRules | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created | ?!Σ | 0..1 | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
language |  | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: ?? (preferred): A human language.
Additional Bindings | Purpose
?? | Max Binding
|  | 0..1 | code | Language of the resource content Binding: ?? (preferred): A human language.
Additional Bindings | Purpose
?? | Max Binding
| Example/preferred bindings differ at Patient.language using binding from PatientAnimalEu
text |  | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation This profile does not constrain the narrative in regard to content, language, or traceability to data elements |  | 0..1 | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation This profile does not constrain the narrative in regard to content, language, or traceability to data elements |
contained |  | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources |  | 0..* | Resource | Contained, inline Resources |
Slices for extension |  | 1..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |  | 0..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | Element minimum cardinalities differ: '1' vs '0'
modifierExtension | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored | ?! | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored |
identifier | Σ | 0..* | Identifier | An identifier for this patient | Σ | 0..* | Identifier | Patient identifiers |
active | ?!Σ | 0..1 | boolean | Whether this patient's record is in active use | ?!Σ | 0..1 | boolean | Whether this patient's record is in active use |
name | Σ | 0..* | HumanName | A name associated with the patient | Σ C | 1..* | HumanName | A name associated with the patient Constraints: eu-pat-1 | Element minimum cardinalities differ: '0' vs '1'
id |  |  |  |  |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | Added this element
Slices for extension |  |  |  |  |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | Added this element
use |  |  |  |  | ?!Σ | 0..1 | code | usual | official | temp | nickname | anonymous | old | maiden Binding: ?? (required): The use of a human name. | Added this element
text |  |  |  |  | Σ | 0..1 | string | Text representation of the full name. | Added this element
family |  |  |  |  | Σ | 0..1 | string | Family name. Example spanish: Valero Iglesias | Added this element
given |  |  |  |  | Σ | 0..* | string | Given names (not always 'first'). Includes middle names This repeating element order: Given Names appear in the correct order for presenting the name | Added this element
prefix |  |  |  |  | Σ | 0..* | string | Parts that come before the name This repeating element order: Prefixes appear in the correct order for presenting the name | Added this element
suffix |  |  |  |  | Σ | 0..* | string | Parts that come after the name This repeating element order: Suffixes appear in the correct order for presenting the name | Added this element
period |  |  |  |  | Σ | 0..1 | Period | Time period when name was/is in use | Added this element
telecom | Σ | 0..0 |  | Use contact.telecom | Σ | 0..* | ContactPoint | A contact detail for the patient | Element maximum cardinalities differ: '0' vs '2147483647'
gender | Σ | 0..1 | code | male | female | other | unknown Binding: ?? (required): The gender of a person used for administrative purposes. | Σ | 0..1 | code | Administrative Gender Binding: ?? (required): The gender of a person used for administrative purposes. |
birthDate | Σ | 0..1 | date | The date of birth for the individual | Σ | 1..1 | date | The date of birth for the individual | Element minimum cardinalities differ: '0' vs '1'
deceased[x] | ?!Σ | 0..1 | boolean, dateTime | Indicates if the individual is deceased or not | ?!Σ | 0..1 | boolean, dateTime | Indicates if the individual is deceased or not |
address | Σ | 0..* | Address | An address for the individual | Σ | 0..* | ?? | An address for the individual |
maritalStatus |  | 0..0 |  | Marital (civil) status of a patient Binding: ?? (extensible): The domestic partnership status of a person. |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Marital status Binding: ?? (extensible): The domestic partnership status of a person. | Element maximum cardinalities differ: '0' vs '1'
multipleBirth[x] |  | 0..1 | boolean, integer | Whether patient is part of a multiple birth |  | 0..1 | boolean, integer | Whether patient is part of a multiple birth |
photo |  | 0..* | Attachment | Image of the patient |  | 0..* | Attachment | Image of the patient |
contact | C | 0..* | BackboneElement | A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient | C | 0..* | BackboneElement | A contact party (e.g. guardian, partner, friend) for the patient |
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations |
modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
relationship |  | 0..* | CodeableConcept | The kind of relationship Binding: ?? (extensible): The nature of the relationship between a patient and a contact person for that patient. |  | 0..* | CodeableConcept | Contact relationship Binding: ?? (extensible): The nature of the relationship between a patient and a contact person for that patient. |
name |  | 0..1 | HumanName | A name associated with the contact person |  | 0..1 | HumanName | Contact name |
telecom |  | 0..* | ContactPoint | A contact detail for the person |  | 0..* | ContactPoint | Contact details for the person |
address |  | 0..1 | Address | Address for the contact person |  | 0..1 | ?? | Contact person address |
gender |  | 0..1 | code | male | female | other | unknown Binding: ?? (required): The gender of a person used for administrative purposes. |  | 0..1 | code | male | female | other | unknown Binding: ?? (required): The gender of a person used for administrative purposes. |
organization | C | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) | Organization that is associated with the contact | C | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) | Organization that is associated with the contact |
period |  | 0..1 | Period | The period during which this contact person or organization is valid to be contacted relating to this patient |  | 0..1 | Period | The period during which this contact person or organization is valid to be contacted relating to this patient |
communication |  | 0..* | BackboneElement | A language which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health |  | 0..* | BackboneElement | A language which may be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health |
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations |
modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
language |  | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | The language which can be used to communicate with the patient about his or her health Binding: ?? (preferred): A human language.
Additional Bindings | Purpose
?? | Max Binding
|  | 1..1 | CodeableConcept | Communication language Binding: ?? (preferred): A human language.
Additional Bindings | Purpose
?? | Max Binding
| Example/preferred bindings differ at Patient.communication.language using binding from PatientAnimalEu
preferred |  | 0..1 | boolean | Language preference indicator |  | 0..1 | boolean | Language preference indicator |
generalPractitioner |  | 0..* | Reference(Organization | Practitioner | PractitionerRole) | Patient's nominated primary care provider |  | 0..* | Reference(Organization | Practitioner | PractitionerRole) | Patient's nominated primary care provider. |
managingOrganization | Σ | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) | Organization that is the custodian of the patient record | Σ | 0..1 | Reference(Organization) | Organization that is the custodian of the patient record |
link | ?!Σ | 0..* | BackboneElement | Link to another patient resource that concerns the same actual person | ?!Σ | 0..* | BackboneElement | Link to another patient resource that concerns the same actual person |
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations |
modifierExtension | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized | ?!Σ | 0..* | Extension | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
other | Σ | 1..1 | Reference(Patient | RelatedPerson) | The other patient or related person resource that the link refers to | Σ | 1..1 | Reference(Patient | RelatedPerson) | The other patient or related person resource that the link refers to |
type | Σ | 1..1 | code | replaced-by | replaces | refer | seealso Binding: ?? (required): The type of link between this patient resource and another patient resource. | Σ | 1..1 | code | replaced-by | replaces | refer | seealso Binding: ?? (required): The type of link between this patient resource and another patient resource. |
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