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Accessing BEACH data / reports

The BEACH study is funded by a consortium of interested stakeholders from government and industry. These stakeholders are given access to the BEACH data and are entitled to a number of Standard reports each year. If your organisation is interested in becoming a stakeholder then please contact A/Prof Helena Britt on (02) 9845 8150.

BEACH data are generally available for analyses three months after collection. Eg: Data for the time period January to December 2008 would be available from the end of March 2009.

It is possible for non-stakeholders to purchase Standard "Problem", "Medication" or group reports based on the BEACH data. Non-standard analyses can also be tailored to suit particular needs, at an agreed fee.

Standard Reports
In order to give a better understanding of the reports available to purchase, we have made the following sample reports available to download:

• Standard Problem Report (on Ischaemic Heart Disease at encounters with patients aged 45+ : April 2000 to March 2001) Download: 106 pages (229kb PDF file).
   
• Standard Medication Report (on Allopurinol: April 2003 to March 2004) Download: 65 pages (155kb PDF file).
   
• Standard Group Report (on Females aged 15-24: April 2000 to March 2001) Download: 34 pages (113kb PDF file).
   

WAMTC (Weighted Average Monthly Treatment Cost)

You can now request WAMTC dosage data based on our BEACH data. The weighted average monthly treatment cost (WAMTC) is calculated for specific classes of medicines as part of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Authority's annual price reviews of PBS medicines. The WAMTC is calculated from dosage regimen prescribed by GPs. A single class is like a single standard report for stakeholder quotas and billing purposes.

Charges for reports:

Industry and government:

• Standard report (problem, medication, group) - single topic $A17,000 + GST
• WAMTC (Weighted average monthly treatment cost) dosage data  - single class $A17,000 + GST
• Non-standard report - By quotation

Academics, students, some professional organisations

• For internal use and for competitive research grants: Academic rate – please call

 

Enquiries

A/Prof Helena Britt Telephone: +61 2 9845 8150 Fax: +61 2 9845 8155 E-mail: beach@fmrc.org.au