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Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—PBS benefit amount, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termPBS benefit amount
Synonymous names:Help on this termPBS benefit payable
METEOR identifier:Help on this term601909
Registration status:Help on this term

Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023

Definition:Help on this termFor a given Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription, the total amount of the Commonwealth government contribution towards the cost of prescription medicinal products supplied via the PBS, expressed in Australian dollars.
Data Element Concept:Help on this termPharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—PBS benefit amount
Value Domain:Help on this termTotal Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termTotal
Data type:Help on this termCurrency
Format:Help on this termN[NNNNN].NN
Maximum character length:Help on this term8
Unit of measure:Help on this termAustralian currency (AU$)

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

This value domain must be expressed to two decimal places. Where there is a dollar value and no cent value, the cents must be expressed as .00 (e.g. 100.00).

Data element attributes Help on this term

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this termThis data element equates to the total price of the prescribed medicinal product less the amount of the patient contribution.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Department of Health

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
See also Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—PBS patient contribution, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN

        Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14

        Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014
DSS specific information:

Variable name = BNFT_AMT


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