PBS Publications
PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions
A summary of PBS processing. Many tables and charts are available on processing by drug, prescription volume and cost.
Current version
Previous Versions
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 30 June 2009
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 30 June 2008
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 30 June 2007
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 30 June 2006
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 30 June 2005
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 30 June 2004
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 31 March 2004
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 31 December 2003
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 30 September 2003
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 30 June 2003
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 31 March 2003
- PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions twelve months to 31 December 2002
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