# description
The Participation status of an appointment.

# concept[].definition
The participant has accepted the appointment.

# concept[].definition
The participant has declined the appointment and will not participate in the appointment.

# concept[].definition
The participant has  tentatively accepted the appointment. This could be automatically created by a system and requires further processing before it can be accepted. There is no commitment that attendance will occur.

# concept[].definition
The participant needs to indicate if they accept the appointment by changing this status to one of the other statuses.