This statistic shows the total number of subsidized prescriptions under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) in Australia from 2013 to 2015. In 2014, the total prescription counts of subsidized prescription drugs amounted to approximately 216 million DDDs in Australia.
Total number of subsidized prescriptions in Australia from 2013 to 2015
(in million DDDs/1,000 population/day)
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Number of prescriptions in million DDDs/1,000 population/day
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All figures underlie the Defined Daily Doses (DDDs) unit of drug utilization. It is an international unit that makes data on drug consumption comparable. Figures are displayed in DDD, per thousand of the population, per day.
Data contains prescriptions under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS).
Values have been rounded.
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Department of Health (Australia). (November 19, 2016). Total number of subsidized prescriptions in Australia from 2013 to 2015 (in million DDDs/1,000 population/day) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/693926/australia-total-number-of-subsidized-prescriptions/
Department of Health (Australia). "Total number of subsidized prescriptions in Australia from 2013 to 2015 (in million DDDs/1,000 population/day)." Chart. November 19, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/693926/australia-total-number-of-subsidized-prescriptions/
Department of Health (Australia). (2016). Total number of subsidized prescriptions in Australia from 2013 to 2015 (in million DDDs/1,000 population/day). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/693926/australia-total-number-of-subsidized-prescriptions/
Department of Health (Australia). "Total Number of Subsidized Prescriptions in Australia from 2013 to 2015 (in Million Ddds/1,000 Population/Day)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/693926/australia-total-number-of-subsidized-prescriptions/
Department of Health (Australia), Total number of subsidized prescriptions in Australia from 2013 to 2015 (in million DDDs/1,000 population/day) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/693926/australia-total-number-of-subsidized-prescriptions/ (last visited April 29, 2025)
Total number of subsidized prescriptions in Australia from 2013 to 2015 (in million DDDs/1,000 population/day) [Graph], Department of Health (Australia), November 19, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/693926/australia-total-number-of-subsidized-prescriptions/
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