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 |
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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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