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The concepts describing who takes part in care — subjects of care, professionals, organisations, and third parties — the roles they play, and what it means to provide care.
care provider
care actor that is able to be assigned one or more care period mandates

Actors, performers and resources
The concepts describing who takes part in care — subjects of care, professionals, organisations, and third parties — the roles they play, and what it means to provide care.
- care actor
  organization or person participating in care
- subject of care
  person seeking to receive, receiving, or having received care
- care provider
  care actor that is able to be assigned one or more care period mandates
- care third party
  care actor other than a care provider or the subject of care
- care organization
  organization being a care provider
- care employment
  mandate given by a care organization to a care personnel describing the roles and responsibilities assigned to that care personnel
- care personnel
  person mandated through a care employment
- care professional entitlement
  professional care mandate held by a person concerning specific roles in care
- care professional
  person holding a care professional entitlement
- other carer
  person being a care third party
- care supporting organization
  organization that is a care third party
- subject of care proxy
  care actor exercising a proxy mandate
- care performer
  role adopted by a person when performing care
- self-care performer
  role played by a subject of care when performing self-care
- third party care performer
  role performed by a care third party
- prescriber
  role performed by a care professional when recommending or authorising a care activity
- care resource
  resource needed to perform care activities
- point of care
  location where direct care activities are performed
- medical device
  instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, reagent for in vitro use, software, material or other similar or related article, intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings, for one or more of the specific medical purposes of — diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, — diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury, — investigation, replacement, modification, or support of the anatomy or of a physiological process, — supporting or sustaining life, — control of conception, — disinfection of medical devices, — providing information by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body, and which does not achieve its primary intended action by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, in or on the human body, but which can be assisted in its intended function by such means
- automatic medical device
  medical device capable of performing care activities by itself or under human supervision
- medicinal product
  pharmaceutical product or combination of pharmaceutical products that may be administered to human beings for treating or preventing disease, with the aim or purpose of making a medical diagnosis or to restore, correct or modify physiological functions
- care funds
  resource provided for funding care delivery
- facility
  place, building or equipment used for a particular purpose

care provider

care actor that is able to be assigned one or more care period mandates

care provider extends the class care actor

Table 1. Associations of care provider
Source multiplicity	Source class	Association	Target class	Target multiplicity
0..*	care provider	able to be assigned	care period mandate	1..*
0..*	care provider	accepts or declines	request for care	1..*
0..*	care provider	arranges	initial contact	1..*
0..*	care provider	causes	resource delay	1..*
0..*	care provider	delivers	care provider activity	1..*
1..*	care provider	has	care service directory	1..*
0..*	care provider	manages	episode of care	1..*
1..*	care provider	offers	care service offering	1
0..*	care provider	receives	request for care	1..*
0..*	care provider	responsible for	mandated period of care	1..*
0..*	care provider	states	care commitment	1..*

Figure 1. Class Diagram

Plural care providers

Note 1 The personnel of a care organization that is a care provider may be care professionals and other care personnel who participate in the provision of care.

Note 2 This document includes only two specializations of care provider. This is not meant to exclude the possibility of other specializations. In jurisdictions where other kinds of care actors are included in the concept of care provider, the necessary specializations may be added.

Note 3 According to this definition, organizations solely responsible for the funding, payment, or reimbursement of care provision are not care providers; for the purpose of this document, they are considered as care third parties.