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Table 3 Prescriptions of biologicals by Rural, Remote, and Metropolitan Area (RRMA) classification system, based on DUSC data (Aug 2003–Jun 2005)

From: The funding and use of high-cost medicines in Australia: the example of anti-rheumatic biological medicines

RRMA

Etanercept

Infliximab

Adalimumab

Biologicals Total

% of Total

Capital cities

18669

802

6396

25867

80.25

Other metropolitan centresa

2124

52

826

3002

9.31

Large rural centresb

1517

138

611

2266

7.03

Small rural centresc

635

5

165

805

2.50

Other rural areasd

44

0

17

61

0.2

Remote arease

22

0

13

35

0.11

Other remote areasf

4

1

0

5

0.02

Unknown

164

1

28

193

0.6

  1. a Other metropolitan centres: population > 100 000 [27]
  2. b Large rural centres: population 25 000 to 99 999
  3. c Small rural centres: population 10 000 to 24 999
  4. d Other rural areas: population < 10 000
  5. e Remote areas: population > 5000
  6. f Other remote areas: <5000
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