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dispense admission date

disp_admn_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

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

Standard Abbreviation

disp_admn_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  disp_admn_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- dispense admission date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  disp_admn_dt as dispense_admission_date
FROM claims;

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