PBS prescriptions and expenditure 2017-2018 (PBS)
Prescription volume and costs per medications 2017-2018 FY.
Medications ranked by highest volume prescriptions, highest cost to government etc.
| Medication | PBS Subsidised Prescriptions | Under co-payment prescriptions | Total prescription volume | Government cost | Patient Contribution | Ave. price |
| Salbutamol | 2,929,667 | 754,594 | 3,684,261 | $42,283,059 | $12,611,657 | $18.74 |
| Budesonide + Formoterol (e.g. Symbicort) | 1,939,469 | 5,120 | 1,944,598 | 88,321,175 | $35,971,089 | $64.09 |
| Fluticsone + Salmeterol (e.g. Seretide) | 2,640,693 | 508 | 2,641,201 | $105,851,750 | $43,799,378 | $56.67 |
| Tiotropium | 1,641,771 | not available | not available | $82,198,262 | $14,302,018 | $58.78 |
Categories:
Cost of Asthma, Medication use and asthma control
Entry Date:
01/07/2021
Source 1 Name:
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme 2018. Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 30 June 2018. Canberra: PBS
Source 1 URL:
http://www.pbs.gov.au/info/statistics/expenditure-prescriptions/expenditure-prescriptions-twelve-months-to-30-june-2018