The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is the major purchaser of infant … formula in the United States. To reduce the cost of infant formula to WIC, Federal law requires that WIC State agencies … operate a costcontainment system for the purchase of infant formula. Typically, WIC State agencies obtain substantial …

Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) on beneficiaries' health, health-related behaviors, and …

Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Typically, WIC State agencies obtain substantial discounts in the form of … rebates from infant formula manufacturers for each can of formula purchased through the program. The cost to WIC for each can … wholesale price. This analysis suggests that retail markup accounts for most of the cost to WIC of infant formula in most States …

The existing evaluations of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) agree on … whether these associations represent a causal relationship. Endogenous selection into WIC, lack of valid exclusion … et al. (2011) to address both identification problems simultaneously to assess the causal effect of prenatal WIC …

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is the major purchaser of infant … formula in the United States. To reduce cost to the WIC program, each State awards a sole-source contract to a formula … manufacturer to provide its product to WIC participants in the State. As part of the contract, the WIC State agency receives …

The mission of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is to safeguard the … health of low-income women, infants, and children through age 4 who are at nutritional risk. WIC provides nutritious foods to … participate in the program. WIC is USDA’s third-largest food and nutrition assistance program, accounting for 10 percent of total …

Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Typically, WIC State agencies obtain substantial discounts in the form of … rebates from infant formula manufacturers for each can of formula purchased through the program. The cost to WIC for each can … wholesale price. This analysis suggests that retail markup accounts for most of the cost to WIC of infant formula in most States …