[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75920-75921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29715]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-14-0214]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments 
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or 
by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), (OMB No. 0920-0214, 
Expiration 03/31/2016)--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics 
(NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The annual National Health Interview Survey is a major source of 
general statistics on the health of the U.S. population and has been in 
the field continuously since 1957. Clearance is sought for three years, 
to collect data for 2014, 2015, and 2016. This voluntary and 
confidential household-based survey collects demographic and health-
related information on a nationally representative sample of persons 
and households throughout the country. Personal identification 
information is requested from survey respondents to facilitate linkage 
of survey data with health related administrative and other records. 
Each year we collect information from up to 55,000 households, which 
contain about 137,500 individuals.
    Information is collected using computer assisted personal 
interviews (CAPI). A core set of data is collected each year that 
remains largely

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unchanged while sponsored supplements vary from year to year. The core 
set includes sociodemographic characteristics, health status, health 
care services, health insurance, health conditions, and health 
behaviors. For 2014, supplemental questions will be cycled on 
pertaining to hearing and balance, arthritis, and heart disease and 
stroke. Supplemental topics that continue or are enhanced from previous 
years will be related to the Affordable Care Act, food security, 
children's mental health, disability and functioning, smokeless 
tobacco, hepatitis screening, immunizations, and computer use. In 2015, 
the primary supplements will be on cancer control and prevention and 
occupational exposures in addition to continuing topics from 2014. In 
2016, topics will include the primary supplement on balance and sensory 
problems and shorter sets of questions pertaining to Healthy People 
2020 and health disparities. A Web/CATI multimode follow-back survey 
will be conducted from sample adult respondents from the 2013-2015 
NHIS. The follow-back surveys will focus on topics related to the 
Affordable Care Act including health care access and use, and health 
insurance coverage and will include Web, telephone, and mail 
interviews. Questions related to federal and state health insurance 
marketplaces will be included.
    To improve the analytic utility of NHIS data, minority populations 
are oversampled annually. In 2014, in addition to ongoing sample 
augmentation procedures, NCHS will introduce a Native Hawaiian and 
Pacific Islander oversample. Residents in a sample of 4,000 addresses 
identified from the 2012 American Community Survey will be administered 
the 2014 NHIS questionnaire. Results will be released as a separate 
file from the ongoing NHIS.
    In accordance with the 1995 initiative to increase the integration 
of surveys within the Department of Health and Human Services, 
respondents to the NHIS serve as the sampling frame for the Medical 
Expenditure Panel Survey conducted by the Agency for Healthcare 
Research and Quality. The NHIS has long been used by government, 
university, and private researchers to evaluate both general health and 
specific issues, such as cancer, diabetes, and access to health care. 
It is a leading source of data for the Congressionally-mandated 
``Health US'' and related publications, as well as the single most 
important source of statistics to track progress toward the National 
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives, ``Healthy People 
2020.''
    There is no cost to the respondent other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
           Questionnaire (respondent)               respondents    responses per  respondent (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Screener Questionnaire..........................          10,000               1            5/60             833
Family Core (adult family member)...............          45,000               1           23/60          17,250
Adult Core (sample adult).......................          36,000               1           15/60           9,000
Child Core (adult family member)................          14,000               1           10/60           2,333
Child/Teen Record Check (medical provider)......           8,000               1            5/60             667
Supplements (adult family member)...............          45,000               1           12/60           9,000
Multi-mode study (adult family Member)..........          12,000               1           10/60           2,000
Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander Survey (adult            4,000               1           60/60           4,000
 family member).................................
Reinterview Survey..............................           5,000               1            5/60             417
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    Total Burden Hours..........................  ..............  ..............  ..............          45,500
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LeRoy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-29715 Filed 12-12-13; 8:45 am]
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