Australian Statistics on Medicines 2011

TABLE 1

2011 COMMUNITY PRESCRIPTION NUMBERS,
TOGETHER WITH GOVERNMENT AND PATIENT COSTS FOR PBS LISTED DRUGS

Table 1 includes an estimate of community prescription numbers for the 2011 calendar year, costs (government and patient contribution) for the items with a four digit PBS/RPBS code, together with the defined daily dose (DDD) where assigned. There is no cost information available for items with a five digit Amfac drug code. Table 1 excludes the presentation of information on any item with an estimated community use of less than 110 prescriptions in 2011.

The prescription items are arranged by ATC code on generic name, and by form and strength using either the PBS drug code (4 digit plus alpha) or, for non-PBS items, the Amfac drug code (5 digit). Where “Item type” is P, this refers to PBS drug code and A refers to Amfac drug code.

Note that Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification index with Defined Daily Doses (DDDs) 2012 is used in all statistics published in this edition (refer to WHO collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, ATC classification index with DDDs 2012).

An index by second level of the ATC classification follows: