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Low-income youth and young adults with disabilities (Y&YAD) face a myriad of unique and challenging obstacles to improving their economic well-being, from experiencing homelessness to involvement in the foster care system...

The private sector is a key provider of priority health-care services. But too often it is overlooked or not fully integrated into the health system. The public sector frequently does not have accurate information about the size and scope of the private…

We work where applied epidemiology meets practical data systems. Connect with Abt on surveillance, analytics, and public health operations built for real-world use.

“Space weather” isn’t the next blockbuster movie franchise; it refers to conditions created by the sun, solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere near Earth’s space environment that impact our planet. The effects of space weather can…

Primary care practices need to redesign the way they provide care to balance preventing opioid misuse and potential risks while addressing the needs of patients with chronic pain. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded Abt a…

A 2008 report showed only 35 percent of Boston public school graduates who had enrolled in college had completed a postsecondary credential within seven years of graduation. To improve completion rates, the Boston Foundation, the city of Boston, Boston…

A high number of non-urgent cases that could be addressed by general practice (GP) doctors are presenting unnecessarily at hospital emergency departments (EDs); these are potentially avoidable. Strategies that can save ED health professionals’ time also…

Primary care providers face multiple challenges, including underinvestment, workforce shortages, administrative burdens, and high patient volumes. They all are barriers to providing high quality and evidence-informed care.

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)…