The information that we require to determine eligibility and entitlement is temporal in nature: the claimant can be eligible or ineligible for periods of time, and the entitlement amount during those eligible periods can change over time. The following table describes the attributes for the new simple product evidence entity:
| Simple Product Evidence Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| startDate | Start date of claimant's eligibility period. |
| endDate | End date of claimant's eligibility period. |
| eligibleInd | Flag to indicate whether the client is eligible or ineligible, true being eligible and false ineligible. |
| amount | The entitlement amount during an eligibility period. This cannot be 0 when the eligibleInd is true. This field can also change over the course of a claimant's eligibility period. For example, the claimant may be eligible from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011, with differing entitlement amounts over that time period. |