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Tables
Table 1: Washington WIC Agency Example of the Per Can, Net Cost
of Contract Standard and Noncontract Standard 13 ounce
Concentrate Cans of Milk- and Soy-Based Formula, April
2002 10
Table 2: Methods Used by 51 WIC Agencies to Restrict the Use of
Noncontract Standard Infant Formula as of February 2002 11
Table 3: Policies Setting Quantitative Limits on the Use of
Noncontract Standard Formula at Seven WIC Agencies as
of February 2002 13
Table 4: Number of Infants Issued Vouchers for Contract Standard,
Noncontract Standard, and Nonstandard Formula as a
Percentage of All Infants Receiving Formula in February
2002 for 45 WIC Agencies 16
Table 5: Percent of Noncontract Standard Formula Used for WIC
Agencies with Quantitative Limits on Noncontract
Standard Formula, February 2002 20
Table 6: Number of Infants That Received Contract Standard,
Noncontract Standard, and Nonstandard Formula in
February 2002 for 45 WIC Agencies 33
Table 7: Estimate of Rebates Foregone in February 2002 by 47 WIC
Agencies 35
Table 8: Estimates of Rebates Foregone in February 2002 by 19
WIC Agencies Due to the Use of Noncontract Standard
Infant Formula Exceeding the 3.3 Percent Average of All
Infants Receiving Formula 37
Figures
Figure 1: Overview of Infant Formula Categories and Subcategories 8
Figure 2: Infants Issued Contract Standard, Noncontract Standard,
and Nonstandard Formula as a Percentage of All Infants
Receiving Formula in February 2002 for 45 WIC Agencies 15GAO-03-331 Reducing the Cost of WIC Infant Formula
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