[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35161-35163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14360]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-14-0234]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the
below proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information
collection plan and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or send comments to
Leroy Richardson, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send
an email to [email protected].
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the
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agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs
and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to
provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting,
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), (OMB No. 0920-0234
exp. 12/31/2014)--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C.
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on the
utilization of health care provided by non-federal office-based
physicians in the United States. On December 13, 2011, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approved data collection for three years
from 2012 to 2014. This revision is to request approval to continue
NAMCS data collection activities for three years from 2015-2017, make
minor modifications to survey content, and to collect additional
questions on alcohol screening practices. This notice also covers
potential increases in sample size that might result due to other
future budget allocations.
NAMCS was conducted annually from 1973 to 1981, again in 1985, and
resumed as an annual survey in 1989. The purpose of NAMCS, a voluntary
survey, is to meet the needs and demands for statistical information
about the provision of ambulatory medical care services in the United
States. Ambulatory services are rendered in a wide variety of settings,
including physicians' offices and hospital outpatient and emergency
departments.
The NAMCS target universe consists of all office visits made by
ambulatory patients to non-Federal office-based physicians (excluding
those in the specialties of anesthesiology, radiology, and pathology)
who are engaged in direct patient care. In 2006, physicians and mid-
level providers (i.e., nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and
nurse midwives) practicing in community health centers (CHCs) were
added to the NAMCS sample, and these data will continue to be
collected.
To complement NAMCS data, NCHS initiated the National Hospital
Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS, OMB No. 0920-0278) in 1992 to
provide data concerning patient visits to hospital outpatient and
emergency departments. NAMCS and NHAMCS are the principal sources of
data on ambulatory care provided in the United States.
A three-year clearance is requested. There is no cost to the
respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Office-based physicians (Core Physician 4,999 1 45/60 3,749
and Expansion Sample). Induction
Interview
(NAMCS-1).
Patient Record 1,000 30 14/60 7,000
form (NAMCS-30)
(Physician
abstracts on
web-based
Centurion).
Pulling, re- 3,999 30 1/60 2,000
filing medical
record forms
(FR abstracts).
Office-based physicians Physician 6,012 1 45/60 4,509
(Contingency Sample). Induction
Interview
(NAMCS-1).
Patient Record 1,202 30 14/60 8,414
form (NAMCS-30)
(Physician
abstracts on
web-based
Centurion).
Pulling, re- 4,809 30 1/60 2,405
filing medical
record forms
(FR abstracts).
Community Health Centers (Core Induction 1,156 1 20/60 385
and Expansion Sample). Interview--serv
ice delivery
site (NAMCS-
201).
Induction 2,312 1 45/60 1,734
Interview--Prov
iders.
Patient Record 462 30 14/60 3,234
form (NAMCS-30)
(Provider
abstracts).
Pulling, re- 1850 30 1/60 925
filing medical
record forms
(FR abstracts).
Community Health Centers Induction 904 1 20/60 301
(Contingency Sample). Interview--serv
ice delivery
site (NAMCS-
201).
Induction 1,808 1 45/60 1,356
Interview--Prov
iders.
Patient Record 362 30 14/60 2,534
form (NAMCS-30).
(Provider
abstracts).
Pulling, re- 1,446 30 1/60 723
filing medical
record forms
(FR abstracts).
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Re-abstraction study.......... Pulling, re- 500 10 1/60 83
filing medical
record forms
(FR abstracts).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 39,352
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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.
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