On a snapshot day in 2016, almost 34,000 clients across 6 jurisdictions received pharmacotherapy treatment for their opioid dependence at 2,011 dosing points. There were 1,472 authorised prescribers of opioid pharmacotherapy drugs.
Data for Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory were unavailable at the time of the initial release on 29 March 2017. Additional supplementary tables were added on 14 November 2017 to include data for these jurisdictions as well as updated Australian totals.