PBS XML Schema Version 3.1.9

Element <pbs:threshold>

Belongs to http://schema.pbs.gov.au/ XML Namespace. Defined in PBS XML Schema grammar.

This is a complex type of element.

The threshold for a payment. Applies to Safety Net or Drug Tariff.

Terminology

This element may reference terminology concepts from the Safety Net Threshold (http://pbs.gov.au/threshold) class of concepts. This class of concepts includes:

General Patient Safety Net (http://pbs.gov.au/threshold/general)
Concessional Beneficiary Safety Net (http://pbs.gov.au/threshold/concessional)

Contains

The threshold element.

Content of the threshold element.

All of the following (in any order):

Any one of the following:

pbs:amount

Used for a copayment threshold.

The following together:

Optionally:

pbs:price

Used for a price threshold.

Optionally:

pbs:quantity

Used for a price threshold.

pbs:effective

Date of last update.

Optionally:

pbs:non-effective

The date that the threshold became non-effective.

May be used in

pbs:values-list

pbs:linear-prices

Example

<values-list>
   <copayment xml:id="a1" rdf:resource="http://pbs.gov.au/copayment/concessional">...</copayment>
   <threshold xml:id="a2" rdf:resource="http://pbs.gov.au/threshold/concessional">
       <amount>...</amount>
       <effective>...</effective>
   </threshold>
   <copayment xml:id="a3" rdf:resource="http://pbs.gov.au/copayment/general">...</copayment>
   <threshold xml:id="a4" rdf:resource="http://pbs.gov.au/threshold/general">...</threshold>
   <fee-definition xml:id="a5" rdf:resource="http://pbs.gov.au/fee/safety-net-card-issue">...</fee-definition>
   <medication-chart-definition rdf:resource="http://pbs.gov.au/medication-chart/hospital">...</medication-chart-definition>
...
</values-list>

Attributes

The pbs:threshold element may include the following attributes:

Name	Optional	Allowed Values	Comments
xml:id	Yes	text	Identifies the unique ID value of the element
xml:base	Yes	text	Specifies the base URI of the element and its descendants
xml:lang	Yes	text	Specifies the natural language of the element and its descendants
rdf:resource	Yes	"anyURI" datatype	Reference to a terminology concept.
previous	Yes	"anyURI" datatype	Hyperlink to the previous value of the element.