Printable version of PBAC guidelines
Page last updated: September 2016
Archived versions of the PBAC Guidelines
- 2015 PBAC Guidelines (Version 4.5) (PDF 3.6 MB)
- 2008 PBAC Guidelines (Version 4.3) (PDF 1.2 MB) - (Word 1.7 MB)
- 2006 PBAC Guidelines (version 4.0) (PDF 987 KB) - (Word 1.6 MB)
- 2002 PBAC Guidelines (PDF 293 KB)
- 2000 Interim Document to accompany the 1995 PBAC Guidelines (Word 97 KB)
- 1995 PBAC Guidelines (Word 205 KB)
Record of updates
| Date | Version | Summary of changes |
|---|---|---|
| August 1990 | 1.0 | Draft guidelines issued for comment |
| August 1992 | 2.0 | Minor rearrangement, extension and clarification |
| November 1995 | 3.0 | Clarification of technical aspects of measuring changes in costs and outcomes |
| November 2002 | 3.1 | Update to include minor changes endorsed since November 1995 |
| November 2006 | 4.0 | Major revision and reorganisation of text |
| December 2006 | 4.1 | Version for co-publishing in HTML format, with excerpts in RTF format, plus minor editorial corrections |
| December 2007 | 4.2 | Version to provide clarification in Subsections A.1, A.5, B.7, C, D.5, F.3, PT1 based on initial feedback on the major revision and to update URLs |
| December 2008 | 4.3 | Version to enable primary publication in pbs.gov.au website, update URLs and correct a small number of typographical errors |
| July 2013 | 4.4 | Version to make minor corrections and updates, and enable improved information design and navigation, including development of a designated website and online |
| July 2015 | 4.5 | Version to make minor make minor updates to the requirements for lodging submissions, including the requirement for submissions to be lodged electronically on USB storage devices |
| September 2016 | 5.0 | Major revision and reorganisation of text |