bed fee

bed_fee

general

Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The service charge for a patient accommodation unit. Used in healthcare data management and clinical workflows. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for bed management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

bed_fee

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  bed_fee VARCHAR(100),  -- bed fee
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  bed_fee as bed_fee
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Healthcare data warehouse schema design and modeling
Interoperability and cross-system data exchange
ETL pipeline development and orchestration
Master data management (MDM) programs
Analytics and business intelligence reporting

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
bed_fee

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  bed_fee      VARCHAR(255),  -- bed fee
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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