effective arrived date

eff_arrv_dt

general

Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The patient arrival date for a coverage start validity. Used to track temporal information related to effective arrived date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for effective management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

eff_arrv_dt

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  eff_arrv_dt DATE,  -- effective arrived date (date only, no time)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  eff_arrv_dt as effective_arrived_date
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
eff_arrv_dt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  eff_arrv_dt  DATE,  -- effective arrived date (date only, no time)
  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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