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dose effective date

dose_eff_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

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

Standard Abbreviation

dose_eff_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  dose_eff_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- dose effective date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  dose_eff_dt as dose_effective_date
FROM claims;

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