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hospital datetime

hosp_dttm
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The combined date-time value for a inpatient care facility. Used to track temporal information related to hospital datetime. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for hospital management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

hosp_dttm

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  hosp_dttm VARCHAR(100),  -- hospital datetime
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  hosp_dttm as hospital_datetime
FROM claims;

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