作者
Leigh Mellish, Emily A Karanges, Melisa J Litchfield, Andrea L Schaffer, Bianca Blanch, Benjamin J Daniels, Alicia Segrave, Sallie-Anne Pearson
发表日期
2015/12
期刊
BMC research notes
卷号
8
页码范围
1-13
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is Australia’s national drug subsidy program. This paper provides a practical guide to researchers using PBS data to examine prescribed medicine use.
Findings
Excerpts of the PBS data collection are available in a variety of formats. We describe the core components of four publicly available extracts (the Australian Statistics on Medicines, PBS statistics online, section 85 extract, under co-payment extract). We also detail common analytical challenges and key issues regarding the interpretation of utilisation using the PBS collection and its various extracts.
Conclusions
Research using routinely collected data is increasing internationally. PBS data are a valuable resource for Australian pharmacoepidemiological and pharmaceutical policy research. A detailed …
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