Prescriptions top 2 million each working day

The Prescription Pricing Authority dealt with more than 2 million prescriptions on each working day of the 1997-98 financial year, according to its annual report. The number of prescriptions rose by just under 4 per cent to 504 million, with each patient obtaining an average of nearly 10 prescriptions over ...

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