Section 100 – Items Available under Special Arrangement

In addition to the drugs and medicinal preparations available under normal PBS arrangements listed in this Schedule, a number of drugs are also available as pharmaceutical benefits but are distributed under alternative arrangements where these are considered more appropriate.

These alternative arrangements are provided for under section 100 of the National Health Act 1953. Several programs exist for the provision of drugs as pharmaceutical benefits in this way and this section lists those drugs which are available under the following programs:

• Highly Specialised Drugs Program
  • Highly Specialised Drugs Program - (Public Hospital)
  • Highly Specialised Drugs Program - (Private Hospital)
  • Highly Specialised Drugs Program - (Community Access)
• Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy – Explanatory Notes
  • Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy – (Public Hospital)
  • Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy – (Private Hospital)
  • Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy – Related Benefits
• Botulinum Toxin Program
• Growth Hormone Program
• IVF Program
• Opiate Dependence Treatment Program
• Take Home Naloxone Program

Complete details concerning the availability of drugs as benefits under these programs may be obtained by telephoning the relevant contact number(s) shown in each section, or in certain cases, by referring to the telephone number provided for individual drugs listings.