Data/hora: 11/06/2024 10:14:53

Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	WIC AND THE RETAIL PRICE OF INFANT FORMULA	
Autores: 	Oliveira,   Victor; Prell,   Mark A.; Smallwood,   David M.; Frazao,   Elizabeth.	
Data: 	2004-12-09	
Ano: 	2004	
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.	
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.	
Tipo: 	Report	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	15451

http://purl.umn.edu/33873	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	United States Department of Agriculture&gt;Economic Research Service&gt;Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports

Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report Number 39	
Formato: 	98

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