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Evaluating ACOs and Rural Healthcare for CMS
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the ACO Investment Model (AIM) to improve health care delivery in rural and underserved areas. AIM provided up-front payments to ACOs participating in Medicare’s Shared Savings Program (SSP)…
ELS@H: Cutting-Edge Research Is Informing the Early Education Field
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Researchers and policymakers are trying to understand and build on the benefits of early learning programs. New research was needed to identify the short- and long-term effects of early learning experiences—from social, emotional, and cognitive, to how…
The Impact of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks on Property Values
Project
Underground storage tanks (USTs) containing petroleum and other hazardous substances are everywhere. Accidental releases of the substances from leaking USTs (LUSTs) pose serious health, economic, and environmental risks to local residents. Abt helped the…
How Do the Impacts of Healthcare Training Vary with Credential Length? Evidence from the Health Profession Opportunity Grants Program
Publication
Our analysis of HPOG subgroups defined by program experiences found weak evidence that long-term credentials led to meaningfully larger earnings impacts.
Impact of Age and Symptom Development on SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Households With Children—Maryland, New York, and Utah, August 2020–October 2021
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A new CDC study from the pre-Omicron era shows COVID-19 vaccines reduce the chance of COVID-19 infection, and isolation helps prevent transmission.
Spotlight On: Digital Solutions for Environment and Natural Resources
Spotlight On
We combine topical expertise, environmental science, data analytics, & engineering to help agencies modernize systems & use data to support better decisions.
Funding Model Helps Bangladesh Expand Primary Health Care
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Some municipalities fund primary health care services in urban areas of Bangladesh.