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Supporting and Refining the Five-Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes
Project
When individuals need long-term care, information on provider quality is critical to making an informed choice. The major ongoing challenge in the project is preparing the monthly updates to Care Compare and its Five-Star Quality Rating System to support…
From Experiment to Action: How Medicare is Transforming Cancer Care
Impact Brief
Cancer is one of the most expensive and complex conditions to treat. But can better care for cancer patients also cost less?
The Ethiopia Private Health Sector Project
Project
The Ethiopian private health sector is growing in size and scope. Over one-third of Ethiopian health expenditures go to private providers but the quality and availability of private providers’ priority health services is uneven. The government’s plans…
Career Pathways: A Strategy to Boost College Completion and Economic Mobility
Publication
Julie Strawn’s brief in the College Completion Strategy Guide provides evidence-based recommendations to improve college completion & increase economic mobility.
Healthcare Career Pathways Program Helps More Low-Income Latinos Earn Credentials
Project
Most healthcare jobs require postsecondary education or training. But many low-income, low-skilled Latinos face barriers to completing even short-term training for entry-level jobs due to low basic skills, limited finances, and other personal factors…
Building a 21st Century Road Map to Child Welfare Transformation
Project
For far too long, the child welfare system has been designed to be reactive, where caseworkers respond after child maltreatment and other adverse childhood experiences have occurred, with the primary intervention being removal from the home. For young…
High School Counseling and College Financial Aid
Publication
This report from Abt and Anlar finds correlations between meeting with a high school counselor, FAFSA completion, and receipt of need-based grants for college.
Spotlight On: Machine Learning
Spotlight On
Abt uses machine learning to do things that until recently would have been impossible, such as categorizing a vast amount of unstructured text into main themes or counting mosquito eggs from a smartphone picture using image recognition.
Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS)
Project
Abt helped 25 countries reform their own health financing, improve access to and quality of health services, and prevent and contain disease outbreaks.