medication rate

med_rt

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

Unit price or cost value assigned to a pharmaceutical substance within PBM, pharmacy claims, and billing systems. Used to calculate reimbursement amounts, adjudicate drug claims, and support formulary pricing analytics across payer and provider data environments.

Standard Abbreviation

med_rt

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  med_rt INTEGER,  -- medication rate (count/integer value)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  med_rt as medication_rate
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Risk stratification and population health analytics
CMS-HCC risk adjustment and RAF score calculation
Quality measure attribution and HEDIS reporting
Clinical data warehouse schema design
Value-based care contract performance tracking

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
med_rt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  med_rt       INTEGER,  -- medication rate (count/integer value)
  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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