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Improving Patient Choice: Meaningful Measures of Home Health and Hospice Care Quality

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To help patients and their families find high quality home health and hospice care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires support for developing and maintaining patient assessment tools and quality measures for its Home Health and…
Evaluation of the Department of Interior Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Program

Evaluation of the Department of Interior Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Program

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The Department of the Interior (DOI) Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Program consists of 167 restoration, mitiga­tion, and science projects to develop and implement best practices for improving coastal resilience to sea-level rise, storm surge, and…
Managing Waste in Developing Countries to Prevent Marine Litter

Best Practices to Improve International Solid Waste Management

Project
Many medium and large cities in developing countries lack the capacity to adequately manage solid waste. Limited awareness of best practices for waste management and lack of access to key technical resources are key barriers to improvement. 
Evaluation of CMS’s Oncology Care Model

Evaluation of CMS’s Oncology Care Model

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CMS’s Oncology Care Model did not deliver enough savings to offset costs, but the cost reductions it achieved may point the way for future models. 
Patient-Centered Care: It’s Not Just a Buzzword

Patient-Centered Care: It’s Not Just a Buzzword

Blog
The AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting inspired this blog on the benefits of Abt’s approach to including patient perspectives in health care delivery.
Indoor Residual Spraying for Malaria Control in Sub-Saharan Africa 1997 to 2017: An Adjusted Retrospective Analysis

Indoor Residual Spraying for Malaria Control in Sub-Saharan Africa 1997 to 2017: An Adjusted Retrospective Analysis

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This study emphasizes the potential for IRS resistance, can improve malaria incidence studies, and can help guide future malaria control efforts.
PACE: Cross-Program Implementation and Early Impact Study Findings

PACE: Cross-Program Implementation and Early Impact Study Findings

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Evaluating the Section 811 Rental Assistance Program

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The Section 811 program expands the housing supply for poor people with disabilities. Traditionally, HUD funded nonprofits to develop group homes and small rental developments exclusively for the disabled. Changes in Section 811 provide rental assistance…
Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins

Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins

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Toxic cyanobacteria blooms, or cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs), are becoming increasingly problematic as a result of reduced oxygen levels in bodies of water around the globe; Florida has been significantly impacted.