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Developing the COBRA Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool

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Estimating and monetizing public health benefits from reductions in emissions can be a complicated process requiring expertise in air quality modeling, health impact valuation and the monetization of health benefits. Because of this, researchers,…
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Monitoring Flu Vaccination Coverage among Pregnant Women and Health Care Personnel

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Pregnant woman and health care personnel (HCP) need flu shots, yet coverage for these groups historically has been below national targets. Without shots, the groups’ health risks soar. Pregnant women who get the flu not only can contract severe diseases…
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Delivering High Quality Maternal and Child Health in Mali

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Adaptability, diligence, and innovative thinking are necessary for any large-scale integrated health project to produce results. This is especially true in a country such as Mali, with high levels of poverty and limited resources.
Ensuring Making Health Care Safer III Lives up to Its Name

Ensuring Making Health Care Safer III Lives up to Its Name

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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Making Health Care Safer (MHCS) reports have had an important role in reducing harm and improving the safety and quality of care for patients. 
Technical Assistance for DOJ Grantees Addressing Substance Use

Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Data and Evaluation Training & Technical Assistance

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People with a substance use disorder are overrepresented in the justice system, from the arrest phase to incarceration to the risk for recidivism. For example, more than 10 times as many people in prison (58 percent) and sentenced to jail (63 percent)…
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Design & Implementation Support for Maryland Value-Based Healthcare Programs

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Abt helped Maryland design and benchmark a statewide value based care model that saved $689 million and informed national health policy.
Understanding Public Perception of Extreme Heat and Health Risks

Understanding Public Perception of Extreme Heat and Health Risks

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This report by CRC, Abt, and the National Weather Service profiles public perception of dangerous heat events & recommends actionable messaging.
COVID-19 Study of Hospitalized Older Adults

COVID-19 Study of Hospitalized Older Adults

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Older adults are at high risk for contracting novel coronavirus and for developing severe illnesses if infected. To inform policy starting early in the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC needed more data on medical care for hospitalized patients 50 or older in rural…
Decreases in inpatient hospitalizations from a technology-based, integrated behavioral health crisis response system: an evaluation of the Grand Response Access Network on Demand (GRAND) Model

Decreases in inpatient hospitalizations from a technology-based, integrated behavioral health crisis response system: an evaluation of the Grand Response Access Network on Demand (GRAND) Model

Publication
This article showcases behavioral health crisis program, GRAND Model, which was found to be effective in reducing inpatient hospitalizations in Oklahoma.
Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Project

Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Project

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To streamline emissions data, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) is a modelling tool that helps policy makers, researchers, and communities explore data on releases of toxic substances from…