Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Below you will find information about Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

For more information follow the link directly to the Department of Health and Ageing's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Homepage.

Reviewed January 2008

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Title:   Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) provides reliable, timely and affordable access to a wide range of medicines for all Australians.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Safety Net 20 Day Rule
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Safety Net plays an important role in keeping medicines affordable. It is an effective way of helping to limit out-of-pocket expenses for people who need a large number of medicines.
Date:   Dec 2005
Title:   The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: economic evaluation works ... but is not a panacea [Editorial]
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   For most of the first 50 years of its existence the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) was free from significant public scrutiny or major controversy. More recently the PBS has come within the public gaze. This article reviews briefly the operation of the PBS and considers ways in which it might be improved.
Date:   Dec 2002
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:   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, Royal Flying Doctors Service medical chest supplies
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Strengthening your PBS - preparing for the future
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) gives Australians access to a wide range of medicines, allows for choice between different medicines for patients and doctors, and is affordable for individuals and the community.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Online review - The new consumer section of the PBS website
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Review of the consumer section of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) website.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   New PBS Safety net thresholds
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Safety Net plays an important role in keeping medicines affordable. It is an effective way of helping to limit out-of-pocket expenses for people who need a large number of medicines.
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   New PBS subsidies for cancer, arthritis and autism medicines
Publisher:  
Description:   Patients with prostate cancer, arthritis and autism-related behavioural problems can now get three newly-subsidised medicines through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Submission to the Public Consultation Document: Australia - United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) Implementation of the Obligations to Improve Transparency of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Outlines the need for improved transparency and understanding of the processes for listing medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), including consumer participation.
Date:   Aug 2004
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:   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:   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:   Dec 2007
Title:   Transparency and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Recent debate about the sustainability of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) has again raised the issue of transparency of the decision-making processes of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC).
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   Saving money on prescription medicines
Publisher:   National Prescribing Service
Description:   Learn about the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Safety Net, a scheme that entitles people to free or cheaper medicines.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Your prescriptions
Publisher:   Medicare Australia
Description:   Welcome to the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme), providing all Australians with affordable access to over 2600 brands of prescription medicine. Here you can find out more about the PBS, including how much you will pay, how to save money on medicine and how to use medicine wisely.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Can we deny patients expensive drugs? (Editorial)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   A key principle of Australia's National Medicines Policy is that 'essential' medicines should be available for all patients who need them, at a price they and society can afford. Decisions about which medicines will be nationally subsidised through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) are made by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) on the grounds of comparative safety and efficacy, as well as cost-effectiveness.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Pharmaceutical free trade: will it be fair? (Editorial)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Australia and the USA signed a free trade agreement in February 2004. An issue of concern in the negotiations was the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
Date:   Jun 2004
Title:   Older Australians to benefit from expanded eligibility for subsidised osteoporosis medication and bone mineral density testing
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Description:   The Australian Government has expanded eligibility for the osteoporosis medication alendronate under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Generic medicines - the myths and realities
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Brief analysis of government policy announced as part of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) reforms, which seek to further lower the cost of generic medicines for Australian consumers.
Date:   Apr 2007
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