Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—PBS benefit amount, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | PBS benefit amount |
| Synonymous names: | PBS benefit payable |
| METEOR identifier: | 601909 |
| Registration status: |
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| Definition: | For 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: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—PBS benefit amount |
Value domain attributes | ||||
Representational attributes | ||||
| Representation class: | Total | |||
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| Data type: | Currency | |||
| Format: | N[NNNNN].NN | |||
| Maximum character length: | 8 | |||
| Unit of measure: | Australian currency (AU$) | |||
| Unit of measure precision: | 2 | |||
Collection and usage attributes | ||||
| Guide for use: | 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 | ||||
Collection and usage attributes | ||||
| Guide for use: | This 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: | Department of Health | |||
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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