PBS is a monthly tsibble with two values:
| Scripts: | Total number of scripts |
| Cost: | Cost of the scripts in $AUD |
Time series of class tsibble
Medicare Australia
The data is disaggregated using four keys:
| Concession: | Concessional scripts are given to pensioners, unemployed, dependents, and other card holders |
| Type: | Co-payments are made until an individual's script expenditure hits a threshold ($290.00 for concession, $1141.80 otherwise). Safety net subsidies are provided to individuals exceeding this amount. |
| ATC1: | Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical index (level 1) |
| ATC2: | Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical index (level 2) |
library(tsibble)
#>
#> Attaching package: ‘tsibble’
#> The following objects are masked from ‘package:base’:
#>
#> intersect, setdiff, union
PBS
#> # A tsibble: 67,596 x 9 [1M]
#> # Key: Concession, Type, ATC1, ATC2 [336]
#> Month Concession Type ATC1 ATC1_desc ATC2 ATC2_…¹ Scripts Cost
#> <mth> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 1991 Jul Concessional Co-payments A Alimenta… A01 STOMAT… 18228 67877
#> 2 1991 Aug Concessional Co-payments A Alimenta… A01 STOMAT… 15327 57011
#> 3 1991 Sep Concessional Co-payments A Alimenta… A01 STOMAT… 14775 55020
#> 4 1991 Oct Concessional Co-payments A Alimenta… A01 STOMAT… 15380 57222
#> 5 1991 Nov Concessional Co-payments A Alimenta… A01 STOMAT… 14371 52120
#> 6 1991 Dec Concessional Co-payments A Alimenta… A01 STOMAT… 15028 54299
#> 7 1992 Jan Concessional Co-payments A Alimenta… A01 STOMAT… 11040 39753
#> 8 1992 Feb Concessional Co-payments A Alimenta… A01 STOMAT… 15165 54405
#> 9 1992 Mar Concessional Co-payments A Alimenta… A01 STOMAT… 16898 61108
#> 10 1992 Apr Concessional Co-payments A Alimenta… A01 STOMAT… 18141 65356
#> # … with 67,586 more rows, and abbreviated variable name ¹ATC2_desc