Cost-effectiveness of financial incentives and disincentives for improving food purchases and health through the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): A microsimulation study.
Dariush MozaffarianJunxiu LiuStephen SyYue HuangColin D RehmYujin LeeParke Edward WildeShafika Abrahams-GesselThiago de Souza Veiga JardimThomas Andrew GazianoRenata MichaPublished in: PLoS medicine (2018)
Leveraging healthier eating through SNAP could generate substantial health benefits and be cost-effective or cost-saving. A combined food incentive/disincentive program appears most effective and may be most attractive to policy-makers.