Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—number of times previously supplied, total number N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Number of times previously supplied |
METEOR identifier: | 603916 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
Definition: | For a given prescription, the total number of times that the prescribed medicinal product has previously been supplied to the patient or Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) consumer, including the original supply. |
Data Element Concept: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—number of times previously supplied |
Value Domain: | Total number N[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[N] | |
Maximum character length: | 2 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Supplementary values: | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | For a 'single supply' prescription, this data item should have a value of 1 (representing the original and only supply). For a prescription that allows for repeat supplies of the prescribed medicinal product, this data item should have a value of at least 1 (representing the original supply), up to a maximum of one less than the number of repeats specified by the prescriber. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
Relational attributes | |
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 = PRVS_SPPLY_NMBR |
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