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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
WIC AND THE RETAIL PRICE OF INFANT FORMULA
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| Autores: |
Oliveira, Victor
Prell, Mark A.
Smallwood, David M.
Frazao, Elizabeth
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| Data: |
2004-12-09
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
WIC program
Infant formula
Cost-containment
Rebates
Food package costs
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women
Infants
And Children
Child nutrition
Food assistance
Food Security and Poverty
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| Resumo: |
Rebates from infant formula manufacturers to State agencies that administer the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) support over one-quarter of all WIC participants. However, concerns have been raised that WIC and its infant formula rebate program may significantly affect the infant formula prices faced by non-WIC consumers. This report presents findings from the most comprehensive national study of infant formula prices at the retail level. For a given set of wholesale prices, WIC and its infant formula rebate program resulted in modest increases in the supermarket price of infant formula, especially in States with a high percentage of WIC formula-fed infants. However, lower priced infant formulas are available to non-WIC consumers in most areas of the country, and the number of these lower priced alternatives is increasing over time.
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| Tipo: |
Report
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
15451
http://purl.umn.edu/33873
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
United States Department of Agriculture>Economic Research Service>Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report Number 39
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| Formato: |
98
application/pdf
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