Abbreviation
Healthcare
hospital effective date
hosp_eff_dtUsage Notes
Inpatient care facility - Active beginning date
Global Definition
The active beginning date for a inpatient care facility. Used to track temporal information related to hospital effective date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for hospital management and reporting.
Sources
Healthcare Data Standards & Best Practices
Schema Preview
● application/json
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"fullTerm": "hospital effective date",
"domain": "healthcare",
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"type": "acronym"
}
}