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ATSDR Toxicological Profiles

ATSDR Toxicological Profiles

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The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) wants to better understand the characteristics of chemicals with a range of potential health effects—including cancer, endocrine, neurological, hematological, hepatic, and renal—found on the…
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Helping Get the Kinks out of Home Health Prospective Payments

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Changes in the complex prospective payment system (PPS) for home health agencies (HHAs) may have led to HHA behavior changes that thwarted the modifications’ goals. As a result, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wanted an assessment of…
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Making Resilient Health Systems in Zambia a Reality

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Through a health systems strengthening approach, the US Government's Zambia Integrated Systems Strengthening Program (ZISSP) increased the use of quality, high-impact health services throughout the country.
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Young Baltimore parents feel immediate effects from guaranteed income

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Abt is evaluating guaranteed income pilots in several cities, including Baltimore. In this piece, Abt researchers Hannah Thomas and Randall Juras explain that we’ll be collecting “data on everything from spending to housing effects to more ‘squishy’ questions like the effects on peoples’ mental health and time spent with family,” which, of course, we’ll share in our findings.
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Improving Health Services and Outcomes in Remote Areas of Papua New Guinea

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National and provincial health plans in remote communities in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea have mandatory goals for reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and combating HIV and AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases.