Fig. 3
From: The Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data collection: a practical guide for researchers
The effect of co-payment status on utilisation estimates, by script type. Yearly number of dispensings of oxycodone suppositories (30 mg; PBS item code 2481 N), 1998–2013. The co-payment status of the medicine is indicated. Note that measures of utilisation using PBS/RPBS prescriptions under-estimate total use when the medicine is under co-payment. Drug Utilisation Sub-Committee combined dataset, Australian Government Department of Health