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The national penny-per-ounce sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax was highly cost-saving from health care and societal perspectives.
Implementing an SSB tax could lead to significant cost savings in health care.
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From health care and societal perspectives, the SSB tax was highly cost-saving.
Why this rating
Based on the use of a validated microsimulation model.
Source
Cost-Effectiveness of a US National Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax With a Multistakeholder Approach: Who Pays and Who Benefits
Parke Wilde et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 2018
DOI 10.2105/ajph.2018.304803
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