COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF A NUTRITION INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR PREGNANT-WOMEN

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dc.contributor.authorMARDONESSANTANDER, F
dc.contributor.authorROSSO, P
dc.contributor.authorZAMORA, R
dc.contributor.authorMARDONESRESTAT, F
dc.contributor.authorGONZALEZ, N
dc.contributor.authorUITERWAAL, D
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:22:42Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:22:42Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.description.abstractAlthough costs of supplementary foods distributed to pregnant mothers by the Ministry of Health in Chile are over US$ 5 millions for 1990, its socio-economic impact has not been analyzed with experimental data. Using the results of a recent experimental comparison of powdered milk ("Purita") and a fortified milk-based product ("Vita-Nova"), the effects and public costs that "Vita-Nova" would have if introduced in Chile as a replacement of powdered milk were analized using the cost-effectiveness methodology. Target population were all low weight/height pregnant women served by the Ministry of Health in 1987. Based on the assumed favorable change in the birth weight distribution associated with the introduction of "Vita-Nova", the change in variables such as infant deaths, hospitalizations, etc., was estimated. Results of this evaluation indicate that an improvement of food products nutritional composition (i.e. "Vita-Nova") can favorably modify national health and nutrition infant indexes at a lower cost than the present use of "Purita".
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.issn0271-5317
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/99084
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:A1991FE23200004
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final307
dc.pagina.inicio295
dc.revistaNutrition research
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectCOST-EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION
dc.subjectSUPPLEMENTARY FOOD PROGRAM
dc.subjectPREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.ods05 Gender Equality
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.subject.odspa05 Igualdad de género
dc.titleCOST-EFFECTIVENESS OF A NUTRITION INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR PREGNANT-WOMEN
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen11
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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