Pharmaceutical Benefits

Follow the links below to find information on pharmaceutical benefits.

For specific information on Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme , follow the link to the HealthInsite topic page below.

For Australian Government media releases about pharmaceutical benefits go to the Department of Health and Ageing's Media Centre.  

Reviewed March 2009

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Title:   Media release. Changes to PBS - 1 October
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Changes from 1 October 2009 to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) will help improve the health outcomes for more Australians.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Your prescriptions (PBS)
Publisher:   Medicare Australia
Description:   Here you can find out more about the PBS, including how much you will pay
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Media release. Historic step forward for midwives and nurse practitioners
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   New legislation has been introduced that will give nurses and midwives access to the Medical Benefits Schedule and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Veterans' health cards
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Find out more about the benefits services provided by DVA, including, Gold cards, Orange cards and White cards. The Cards provide comprehensive access to health care arrangements including the Repatriation Private Patient Scheme and the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Weighted Average Monthly Treatment Cost (WAMTC) user's manual and calculator
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Weighted Average Monthly Treatment Cost (WAMTC) methodology is a type of reference pricing applied to particular groups of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) subsidised drugs.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Making it work in your practice
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Palliative care can be very successfully integrated into general practice. It is useful to be aware of Medicare and PBS items that are specifically for palliative care patients.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   12 month review of the introduction of Streamlined Authorities
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains the report on the review of the first 12 months of operations of the PBS Streamlined Authorities, which were introduced to reduce the administrative burden for prescribers and allow them more time to devote to patient care.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Expenditure and prescriptions twelve months to 30 June 2006
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Tables of prescription volumes and government costs (expenditures) under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   New Drugs on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) April 2009
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Description:   Older women with osteoporosis, children with tyrosinemia and people with restless legs syndrome will benefit from the additions and changes to medicines subsidised by the Australian Government on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   The Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) provides a wide range of pharmaceuticals and dressings at concession rates for the treatment of eligible veterans, war widows/widowers, and their dependants.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   PBS access - government officers working overseas
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Access to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines for Australian government officers working overseas.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Use and costs of medications - Australian Women
Publisher:  
Description:   The report "Use and costs of medications and other health care resources: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health", draws on Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS) and Medicare data.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   How to save money on medicines
Publisher:   National Prescribing Service
Description:   In Australia, the costs of many prescription medicines are subsidised under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The PBS makes sure that all eligible Australian residents are able to access prescription medicines in an affordable, reliable and timely manner.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Subsidised palliative care medicines
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) website contains a new consolidated list of palliative care medications.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Your questions to the PBAC: Methylphenidate
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The management of adolescents who need stimulant medications is complicated by the restrictions of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). I have a patient who has benefited from using an extended-release formulation of methylphenidate. She is calmer and more relaxed than she was on intermittent doses of the immediate-release formulation.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Other supply arrangements outside the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Other supply arrangements outside the PBS which cover Lifesaving Drugs, Essential Drugs, Unapproved Drugs, Orphan Drugs, Mass Immunisation Vaccines, Syringes, Diagnostic Agents and Insulin Infusion Pump consumables, and Royal Flying Doctors Service Medical Chest supplies.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Drugs for the doctor's bag
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The doctor's bag should contain drugs for medical emergencies that may occur in the community. Most of these drugs are provided under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and can be ordered free of charge through a pharmacist. General practice accreditation now requires that clinics have appropriate emergency drugs as well as oxygen and a bag-valve-mask system.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Drug price reforms: the new F1-F2 bifurcation (Editorial)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Significant changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) are underway. The Australian Parliament recently passed the National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Act 2007. At the core of this Act are new sections (85AB and 85AC) to the National Health Act 1953.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Aboriginal Health Services and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The following page contains information on improving access to essential medicines by clients of remote Aboriginal Health Services through the special PBS supply arrangements enacted under the provisions of section 100 of the National Health Act 1953.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Your questions to the PBAC: Influenza vaccination
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Eligibility of healthcare workers to receive influenza vaccination under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
Date:   Jun 2007
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