The cost-effectiveness of government actions to reduce sodium intake through salt substitutes in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dietary sodium reduction is recommended to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease. In Vietnam food products including salt, fish sauce and bot canh contribute to ~ 70% of dietary sodium intake. Reduced sodium versions of these products can be produced by replacing some of the sodium chloride with potassium chloride. We aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of three alternative approaches to introducing reduced sodium products onto the market with a view to lowering population sodium intake in Vietnam.

Methods

The three salt substitution strategies included voluntary, subsidised and regulatory approaches targeting salt, fish sauce and bot canh products. Costs were modelled using the WHO-CHOICE methodology. A Markov cohort model was developed to evaluate the c

SUBMITTER: Taylor C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7953693 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature