In the 2021 financial year in Australia, prescription diabetes medication metformin was dispensed over five million times. Other highly dispensed prescription medications for diabetes in Australia that year included sulfonylureas and SGLT2.
Number of diabetes prescriptions dispensed in Australia in financial year 2021, by type of medicine
Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30 of the stated year; for example, financial year 2021 starts on July 1, 2020 and ends on June 30, 2021.
Supplementary notes
Note from source: Includes PBS and RPBS Section 85 prescriptions supplied in Australia.
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AIHW. (February 9, 2023). Number of diabetes prescriptions dispensed in Australia in financial year 2021, by type of medicine [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1386502/australia-number-of-diabetes-prescriptions-dispensed-by-type-of-medicine/
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