[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62249-62251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29559]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-02]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review, in compliance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance Office on (404) 
639-3453.
    The following requests have been submitted for review since the 
last publication date on November 29, 1995.

Proposed Projects

    1. National Home and Hospice Care Survey--(0920-0298)--
Reinstatement--The National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) was 
conducted in 1992, 1993, and 1994. It is part of the Long- Term Care 
Survey. Section 306 of the Public Health Service Act States that the 
National Center for Health Statistics ``shall collect statistics on 
health resources * * * [and] utilization of health care, including 
utilization of * * * services of hospitals, extended care facilities, 
home health agencies, and other institutions.'' NHHCS data are used to 
examine this most rapidly expanding sector of the health care industry. 
Data from the NHHCS are widely used by the health care industry and 
policy makers for such diverse analyses as the need for various medical 
supplies; minority access to health care; and planning for the health 
care needs of the elderly. The NHHCS also reveals detailed information 
on utilization patterns, as needed to make accurate assessments of the 
need for and costs associated with such care. Data from earlier NHHCS 
collections have used by the Congressional Budget Office, the Bureau of 
Health Professionals, the Maryland Health Resources Planning 
Commission, the National Association for Home Care, and by several 
newspapers and journals. Additional uses are expected to be similar to 
the uses of the National Nursing Home Study. NHHCS data cover: Baseline 
data on the characteristics of hospices and home health agencies in 
relation to their patients and staff, Medicare and Medicaid 
certification, costs to patients, sources of payment, patient's 
functional status and diagnoses, and categories of staff employees. 
Data collection is planned for the period July- October, 1996. Survey 
design is in process now.
    Sample selection and preparation of layout forms will precede the 
data collection by several months.

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                                                                 Avg.   
                                        No. of      No. of      burden/ 
            Respondents              respondents  responses/   response 
                                                  respondent   (in hrs.)
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Facility...........................        1200            1       0.333
Current Patient....................        8400            1       0.19 
Discharged Patient.................        8400            1       0.214
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    The total annual burden is 3,792. Send comments to Allison Eydt; 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235; Washington, DC 20503.
    2. National Hospital Discharge Survey--(0920-0212)--Extension--The 
National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), which has been conducted 
continuously by the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, since 
1965, is the principal source of data on inpatient utilization of 
short-stay, non-Federal hospitals and is the only annual source of 
nationally representative estimates on the characteristics of 
discharges, the lengths of stay, diagnoses, surgical and non-surgical 
procedures, and the patterns of use of care in hospitals in various 
regions of the country. It is the benchmark against which special 
programmatic data sources are compared. Data collected through the NHDS 
are essential for evaluating health status of the population, for the 
planning of programs and policy to elevate the health status of the 
Nation, for studying morbidity trends, and for research activities in 
the health field. NHDS data have been used extensively in the 
production of goals for the Year 2000 Health Objectives and the 
subsequent monitoring of these goals. In addition, NHDS data provide 
annual updates for numerous tables in the Congressionally-mandated NCHS 
report, Health, United States. Data from the NHDS are collected 
annually on approximately 250,000 discharges from a nationally 
representative sample of Federal hospitals. The data items collected 
are the basic core of variables contained in the Uniform Hospital 
Discharge Data Set (UHDDS). Data for approximately half of the 
responding hospitals are abstracted from medical records while the 
remainder of the hospital supply data through commercial abstract 
service organizations, state data systems, in-house tapes of printouts.

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                                                                 Avg.   
                                        No. of      No. of      burden/ 
            Respondents              respondents  responses/   response 
                                                  respondent   (in hrs.)
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Primary Procedure Hospitals........          77          251       0.083
Alternate Procedure Hospitals......         136          250       0.016
Update (Abstract Service Hospitals)         150            2       0.033
Quality Control Forms (Hospitals)..          50           40       0.016
Induction Forms (Hospitals)........          40            1       2    
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    The total annual burden is 2,269. Send comments to Allison Eydt; 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235; Washington, DC 20503.
    3. Functional Outcome and Use of Services Following Firearm 
Injuries--New--Patients admitted to an urban hospital for treatment of 
a firearm injury will be followed in order to: (1) Examine the nature 
and extent of functional limitations and disability following a 

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firearm injury, (2) examine the factors that influence patient 
recovery, and (3) document the use of post-acute services and barriers 
to receiving those services. The following data will be collected: (1) 
Patients will be interviewed in person prior to discharge and by phone 
at three months and nine months after discharge, and (2) the medical 
record will also be abstracted.

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                                                                 Avg.   
                                        No. of      No. of      burden/ 
            Respondents              respondents  responses/   response 
                                                  respondent   (in hrs.)
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Patients with firearms injuries....         320            3        0.60
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    The total annual burden is 576. Send comments to Allison Eydt, 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: November 29, 1995.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-29559 Filed 12-4-95; 8:45 am]
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