BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) often causes catastrophic economic effects on both the individual suffering the disease and their households. A number of studies have analyzed patient and household expenditure on TB care, but there does not appear to be any that have assessed the incidence, intensity and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) relating to TB care in China. That will ...

BACKGROUND We tested the hypothesis that ad libitum food intake shows corrective responses over periods of 1-5 d. DESIGN This was a prospective study of food intake in women. METHODS Two methods, a weighed food intake and a measured food intake, were used to determine daily nutrient intake during 2 wk in 20 women. Energy expenditure with the use of doubly labeled water was done contemporane...

BACKGROUND Few studies have evaluated the linkage between food cost and mortality among older adults. This study considers the hypothesis that greater food expenditure in general, and particularly on more nutritious plant and animal-derived foods, decreases mortality in older adults. METHODS This study uses the 1999-2000 Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan and follows the cohort unt...

Household food expenditure has shifted away from Food at Home (FAH) and towards Away (FAFH). Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, FAFH's share of surpassed that FAH, reaching 55% in 2019. Yet economic research on FAFH interaction FAH been limited. Combining scanner data for meat sales grocery stores with expenditure, we estimate a model demand at-home meat, incorporating as shifter. We quantify subs...

  I n this paper, the effects of the Food Stamp (FS) Program (now referred to as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-SNAP) on individuals’ food choices are evaluated. In other words, I examine how households' food choice or relative food consumption is changed by FS participation. For this purpose six food groups are created using 2016 Consumer Expenditure Diary Surv...

This paper examines the welfare impact of hosting refugees in Ethiopia, one largest refugee-hosting countries worldwide. The findings reveal different implications depending on type household metric. While reducing consumption expenditure per capita and increasing probability falling into poverty, it has no effect wealth status poverty. Decomposing food, education, other non-food components, re...

A variation of the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model of Deaton and Muellbauer (1980) has been employed to determine the impacts of per capita total expenditure, food prices and demographic variables on household demand for dairy products in Bangladesh. The budget shares are generally more responsive to per capita total expenditure than to prices. With respect to demographic effects, it is...

BACKGROUND Improving diet quality is a key health promotion strategy. There is much interest in the role of prices and financial incentives to encourage healthy diet, but no data from large population interventions. PURPOSE This study examines the effect of a price reduction for healthy food items on household grocery shopping behavior among members of South Africa's largest health plan. ME...