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Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—PBS item prescribed

Data Element Concept Attributes

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Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element Concept
METEOR identifier:Help on this term600289
Registration status:Help on this term

Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023

Definition:Help on this termThe Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) item prescribed in a claim for a benefit under the PBS.

Object Class attributes

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Object class:Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription
Definition:Help on this term

An order for a medication, therapy or therapeutic device given by a properly authorised person, which ultimately goes to a person properly authorised to dispense, supply or perform the order (in most situations, a pharmacist).

The prescribed medication, therapy or therapeutic device must be listed in the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits.

Context:Help on this termPharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
Specialisation of:Help on this termService/care event

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Department of Health

Property attributes

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Property:Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) item prescribed
Definition:Help on this term

A category into which the prescription drugs, medicinal and therapeutic products included in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) can be classified.

PBS items are differentiated via a number of characteristics, including:

  • the active ingredient of the medicinal or therapeutic product,
  • the strength of the medicinal or therapeutic product, often expressed in terms of the weight or liquid concentration of the active ingredient,
  • the form of the medicinal or therapeutic product and its manner of administration, e.g. a tablet, a capsule, an oral liquid, an injection etc.,
  • the maximum quantity of the medicinal or therapeutic product to be supplied at any one time, 
  • the number of repeats, i.e. either a 'single supply' prescription that allows no repeats, or a prescription that allows the supply of a number of repeats up to a specific maximum number,
  • any other restrictions associated with the use of the medicinal or therapeutic product, e.g. specific clinical criteria that must be met in order for the product to be administered,
  • the specific scheme under which the medicinal or therapeutic product is prescribed and/or any associated benefit is administered.
Context:Help on this term

Drugs and medicinal or therapeutic products can be classified in a number of ways, e.g. their intended clinical effect, the body system they are intended to influence, or the level of government subsidy they attract due to their inclusion (or otherwise) in the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits as part of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Property group:Help on this termMaterial resource characteristics

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Department of Health

Data element concept attributes

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Department of Health

Relational attributes

Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:Help on this term
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—PBS item prescribed, code NN[NNN]A

        Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023

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