Improving food choices among supplemental nutrition assistance program recipients

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 852-864

  You, Wen ^a   Mitchell, Paul D ^b   Nayga Jr , Rodolfo M ^c,d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contract theory; Food choices; Principal agent; SNAP

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

DIET; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861977464     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1758     Document Type: Review

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