The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) data collection contains information on prescription medicines that qualify for a benefit under the National Health Act 1953 and for which a claim has been processed. The database comprises information about PBS scripts and payments, patients, prescribers and dispensing pharmacies.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has access to the complete dataset held by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care for approved studies, including data linkage projects.
The dataset is owned and managed by the Department of Health. The Department has issued a Public Interest Certificate approving AIHW access to PBS claims and under co-payment data for research and statistical purposes.
Variables to support reporting and linkage
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Temporal coverage from 1/2/1984 |
Geographical coverage National |
Data availability
Client specified tables on request which may be subject to data provider approval (charges apply). There are restrictions and limitations governing the availability or use of other data in this holding. Unit records are not available. |
Data scope PBS claims data are an administrative by-product of the Department of Human Services administration of the subsidised prescription payment system. |
Methodology Admin data |
Metadata information and data quality statement (DQS) Not specifically available for this data collection, however, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14 provided to states and territories may be useful to users of the data. |
External links and information PBS online (Department of Health and Aged Care) |
Contact |
*Data collection with restricted access