Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2016
Report on the collection of under co-payment data 2014-15
18 July 2016 - The report on the collection of under co-payment data 2014-15 is now available.
The collection of under co-payment prescription data for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) commenced on 1 April 2012.
From 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, the Department of Human Services (DHS) processed approximately 79 million under co-payment prescriptions. This equates to 25.9% of total PBS/RPBS prescriptions (up from 72 million and 24.4% in 2013-14, 62 million and 22.7% in 2012-13).
The data continues to be successfully collected from both community pharmacies and public and private hospitals.
