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Table 5 Processing times for Applications

From: The Australian experiment: the use of evidence based medicine for the reimbursement of surgical and diagnostic procedures (1998–2004)

Application

Lodgement date

MSAC meeting endorsed

Likely MBS listing date

Processing time*

1087

Jul'04

Jun'06

May'07

2 years 10 months

1091

Dec'04

Mar'06/Jun'06

Nov'06/May'07

1 year 11 months/2 years 5 months

1084

Jul'04

Nov'05

Nov'06

2 years 4 months

1080

May'04

Nov'05

Nov'06

2 years 6 months

  1. * All these processing times assume that the Application is successful.