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Washington State’s Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program: Improving Affordability of Healthy Foods for Low-Income Patients

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Prescribing sites and participating supermarkets are clustered in population centers of King County, Snohomish County, Yakima County, and Spokane County. These areas also have higher percentages of households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits relative to other areas of the state.

Figure 1.
Percentage of households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by census tract and location of prescribing sites and participating supermarkets, Washington State’s Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, 2016–2018. Resources: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program data, American Community Survey, 2012–2016; clinic data, Healthy Eating Active Living Program, Washington State Department of Health.

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Figure 2.
Quarterly redemption rate of prescriptions for all implementing partners combined, Washington State’s Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, July 2016–June 2018. Redemption rates were calculated by dividing the number of prescriptions redeemed by the number of prescriptions distributed over the specified time period.

Quarterly redemption rate of prescriptions for all implementing partners combined, Washington State’s Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, July 2016–June 2018. Redemption rates were calculated by dividing the number of prescriptions redeemed by the number of prescriptions distributed over the specified time period
Year and Quarter Number of Prescriptions Issued Number of Prescriptions Redeemed Prescription Redemption %
2016-Q3 884 376 42.5
2016-Q4 2180 1645 75.5
2017-Q1 3221 2360 73.3
2017-Q2 3252 1582 48.6
2017-Q3 3640 1466 40.3
2017-Q4 3640 1760 48.4
2018-Q1 5164 2618 50.7
2018-Q2 6500 3674 56.5

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Figure 3.
Dollar amount spent on fruit and vegetable purchases per prescription redeemed, Washington State’s Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, July 2016–July 2018.

Dollar amount spent on fruit and vegetable purchases per prescription redeemed, Washington State’s Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, July 2016–July 2018.
Dollar Amount No. of Prescriptions Redeemed
0.01–5.00 91
5.01–10.00 588
10.01–15.00 10,025
15.01–20.00 2,217
20.01–25.00 1,093
25.01–30.00 529
>30.00 938

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