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[21,"Table 15(a): PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS SCHEME - HISTORY, 1948-49 to 2011-12"]
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[null,"PRESCRIPTIONS"]
[null,null,"GENERAL",null,null,"PENSIONER","CONC","S/NET","TOTAL","Drs Bag","TOTAL -"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"ALL SCRIPTS"]
[null,"1948/49",280719,null,null,null,null,null,280719,null,280719]
[null,"1949/50",484210,null,null,null,null,null,484210,null,484210]
[null,"1950/51",3758622,null,null,null,null,null,3758622,null,3758622]
[null,"1951/52",6515668,null,null,1655570,null,null,8171238,null,8171238]
[null,"1952/53",6853937,null,null,2766947,null,null,9620884,null,9620884]
[null,"1953/54",7004421,null,null,3453551,null,null,10457972,null,10457972]
[null,"1954/55",9201387,null,null,4418633,null,null,13620020,null,13620020]
[null,"1955/56",8970890,null,null,5235013,null,null,14205903,null,14205903]
[null,"1956/57",9045439,null,null,5580946,null,null,14626385,null,14626385]
[null,"1957/58",10309446,null,null,6313214,null,null,16622660,null,16622660]
[null,"1958/59",13253168,null,null,6821578,null,null,20074746,null,20074746]
[null,"1959/60",16624342,null,null,8028968,null,null,24653310,null,24653310]
[null,"1960/61",20489065,null,null,10727570,null,null,31216635,null,31216635]
[null,"1961/62",26050370,null,null,11664036,null,null,37714406,null,37714406]
[null,"1962/63",29517810,null,null,12674230,null,null,42192040,null,42192040]
[null,"1963/64",31039624,null,null,13317273,null,null,44356897,null,44356897]
[null,"1964/65",33714429,null,null,13841372,null,null,47555801,null,47555801]
[null,"1965/66",35084551,null,null,14908393,null,null,49992944,null,49992944]
[null,"1966/67",36750907,null,null,16936435,null,null,53687342,null,53687342]
[null,"1967/68",37053212,null,null,18369634,null,null,55422846,null,55422846]
[null,"1968/69",40453366,null,null,19954471,null,null,60407837,null,60407837]
[null,"1969/70",44071198,null,null,21504166,null,null,65575364,null,65575364]
[null,"1970/71",48971406,null,null,22515117,null,null,71486523,null,71486523]
[null,"1971/72",48491692,null,null,23950503,null,null,72442195,null,72442195]
[null,"1972/73",49115497,null,null,25560576,null,null,74676073,null,74676073]
[null,"1973/74",59499823,null,null,27788036,null,null,87287859,null,87287859]
[null,"1974/75",67350637,null,null,30323662,null,null,97674299,null,97674299]
[null,"1975/76",67722534,null,null,33394757,null,null,101117291,null,101117291]
[null,"1976/77",56099277,null,null,33606128,null,null,89705405,null,89705405]
[null,"1977/78",57751904,null,null,35414619,null,null,93166523,null,93166523]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Continued …"]

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[22,"Table 15(a): PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS SCHEME - HISTORY, 1948-49 to 2011-12"]
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[null,"PRESCRIPTIONS"]
[null,null,"GENERAL",null,null,"PENSIONER","CONC","S/NET","TOTAL","Drs Bag","TOTAL -"]
[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"ALL SCRIPTS"]
[null,"1978/79",53553036,null,null,39409489,null,null,92962525,null,92962525]
[null,"1979/80",46624224,null,null,42450386,null,null,89074610,null,89074610]
[null,"1980/81",47619120,null,null,46778057,null,null,94397177,null,94397177]
[null,"1981/82",53834648,null,null,49739756,null,null,103574404,null,103574404]
[null,"1982/83",50078929,null,null,52529929,2931462,null,105540320,null,105540320]
[null,"1983/84",41938964,null,null,56491285,9954995,null,108385244,null,108385244]
[null,"1984/85",50690275,null,null,60069806,10068817,null,120828898,null,120828898]
[null,"1985/86",46334279,null,null,63191858,10315799,null,119841936,null,119841936]
[null,"1986/87",28762909,null,null,64243148,9755680,2.4,102761737,null,102761737]
[null,"1987/88",12339360,null,null,81041242,7520752,15059811,100901354,null,100901354]
[null,"1988/89",14078934,null,null,78283599,8223231,11925271,100585764,null,100585764]
[null,"1989/90",15361517,null,null,80761310,8856241,11725474,104979068,null,104979068]
[null,"1990/91",10608974,null,null,36868817,36588405,11675164,95741360,558899,96300259]
[]
[null,"Notes","-Dr's Bag prior to 90/91 included in General, from",null,null,null,null,null,"Safety Net"]
[null,null," 90/91 included in miscellaneous expenditure",null,null,null,null,null,"Prior to 90/91 S/net for Gen & Concess is"]
[null,null,"-For 90/91 Concessional includes 'old' (prior to 1/11/90)",null,null,null,null,null,"included in pensioner. In 90/91 free s/net "]
[null,null," prescriptions and 'new' (post 1/11/90) concessional category",null,null,null,null,null,"is in both pensioner and s/net categories"]
[]
[null,"PRESCRIPTIONS"]
[null,null,"GENERAL",null,null,null,"CONCESSIONAL",null,null,"TOTAL ","Drs Bag","TOTAL-"]
[null,null,"NSN","S/NET 1","S/NET 2","TOTAL","NSN","S/NET","TOTAL","SCRIPTS",null,"ALL SCRIPTS"]
[null,"1991/92",8266835,2340145,1092314,11699294,67331793,14428608,81760401,93459695,660459,94120154]
[null,"1992/93",10260426,3917022,2800496,16977944,71756325,16757840,88514165,105492109,689508,106181617]
[null,"1993/94",11451148,4259245,3087943,18798336,77536126,18003354,95539480,114337816,704227,115042043]
[null,"1994/95",13491364,4695314,2072,18188750,82400588,17457008,99857596,118046346,674331,118720677]
[null,"1995/96",14212731,5488957,52,19701740,85604215,18898907,104503122,124204862,683420,124888282]
[null,"1996/97",14709601,3082843,14,17792458,85965797,19676007,105641804,123434262,665301,124099563]
[null,"1997/98",14087393,3945591,17,18033001,86389807,20060505,106450312,124483313,628496,125111809]
[null,"1998/99",15153975,4111091,null,19265066,88475327,20608073,109083400,128348466,572753,128921219]
[null,"1999/00",16296703,3928760,null,20225463,94281872,23078282,117360154,137585617,496306,138081923]
[null,"2000/01",18526141,4340364,null,22866505,99285160,25420114,124705274,147571779,478999,148050778]
[null,"2001/02",19292104,4813038,null,24105142,102018211,28406603,130424814,154529956,448283,154978239]
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[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Continued …"]

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[23,"Table 15(a): PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS SCHEME - HISTORY, 1948-49 to 2011-12"]
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[null,"PRESCRIPTIONS"]
[null,null,"GENERAL",null,null,null,"CONCESSIONAL",null,null,"TOTAL ","Drs Bag","TOTAL-"]
[null,null,"NSN","S/NET 1","S/NET 2","TOTAL","NSN","S/NET","TOTAL","SCRIPTS",null,"ALL SCRIPTS"]
[null,"2002/03",20694131,5188492,null,25882623,101459056,31177491,132636547,158519170,437516,158956686]
[null,"2003/04",22443338,5544618,null,27987956,104619866,32827303,137447169,165435125,426976,165862101]
[null,"2004/05",22194451,6209302,null,28403753,105377946,36095311,141473257,169877010,402492,170279502]
[null,"2005/06",20917523,5910828,null,26828351,105152486,35945690,141098176,167926527,396088,168322615]
[null,"2006/07",19871669,4710422,null,24582091,110917202,32675864,143593066,168175157,360362,168535519]
[null,"2007/08",19607454,4553340,null,24160794,113118234,33680813,146799047,170959841,336182,171296023]
[null,"2008-09",20746777,5580636,null,26327413,119906347,35234371,155140718,181468131,367996,181836127]
[null,"2009-10",21226750,4763435,null,25990185,122832364,34756644,157589008,183579193,332344,183911537]
[null,"2010-11",21032398,4943233,null,25975631,125446923,36381986,161828909,187804540,337715,188142255]
[null,"2011-12",21239413,4820643,null,26060056,130441952,38046697,168488649,194548705,324424,194873129]
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[null,"CONC:  Concessional"]
[null,"S/NET: Safety Net"]
[null,"PENSIONER: Before 1 November 1990 pensioners received PBS drugs free of charge."]
[null,"NSN: Non Safety Net"]
[null,"S/NET 1, S/NET 2: Between 1991 and 1993 there were 2 tiers in the general safety net.  Some prescriptions supplied during this period were processed in 1994 or after and the two tier structure applied to these."]