* DDD/thousand population/day is a more useful measure of drug utilisation than prescription counts. It shows how many people in every thousand Australians are taking the standard dose of a drug every day. DDD includes use in combination products. The calculation is based on ABS 3101.0 – Australian Demographic Statistics for December 2016 (as at March 2017).
† DDDs in combination products are accounted for in constituent drugs
‡ The World Health Organization has not allocated a DDD for this drug
DDD defined daily dose
PBS Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
RPBS Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Source: Department of Health, November 2017. © Commonwealth of Australia