Nutritional Policy Changes in SNAP: A Microsimulation and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
2013
This analysis estimated the health effects and cost-effectiveness of banning or taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) or subsidizing fruits and vegetables purchased with SNAP. The target population was adults in the U.S. and the time horizon was 10 years.
Results showed that banning SSB purchases using SNAP benefits would be expected to avert 510,000 diabetes person-years and 52,000 deaths from MIs and strokes over the next decade, with a savings of $2900 per QALY saved. A penny-per-ounce tax on SSBs purchased with SNAP dollars would produce higher cost savings due to tax revenues but avert fewer chronic disease deaths. Results were sensitive to the intake elasticities of SSBs and produce.
Nutritional Policy Changes in SNAP: A Microsimulation and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Source:
Basu S, Seligman H, Bhattacharya J. Nutritional Policy Changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: A Microsimulation and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Medical Decision Making 2013; 33 (7): 937-948. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X13493971
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