Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—PBS benefit amount, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN
Data Element Attributes
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: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
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: | Total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN |
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$) |
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. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14 Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 DSS specific information: Variable name = BNFT_AMT |
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