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Abbreviation
Healthcare

dispense effective date

disp_eff_dt

Usage Notes

Medication distribution - Active beginning date

Global Definition

The active beginning date for a medication distribution. Used to track temporal information related to dispense effective date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for dispense management and reporting.

Sources

Healthcare Data Standards & Best Practices

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● application/json
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  "fullTerm": "dispense effective date",
  "domain": "healthcare",
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  }
}