[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19072-19073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10627]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[INFO-96-15]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the 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; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Wilma Johnson, CDC 
Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 
30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

Proposed Projects

1. National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery--(0920-0334)--Extension

    The National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (NSAS) has been conducted 
annually since 1994 by the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. 
It is the only source of clinical information nationally on utilization 
of ambulatory surgery. It complements surgery data obtained in another 
NCHS survey, the National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), which 
provides annual data concerning the nation's use of inpatient medical 
and surgical care provided in short-stay, non-Federal hospitals. These 
NHDS data have been used for more than two decades to analyze the types 
of surgical treatment provided to hospital inpatients. However, due to 
advances in medical technology, many surgical treatments and diagnostic 
procedures are now provided in ambulatory settings which are outside 
the scope of the NHDS. The NSAS, a national probability sample of 
hospital-based and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in the U.S., 
has been designed to provide valid data about medical and surgical care 
received in ambulatory surgery locations. Data for the NSAS are 
collected annually on approximately 120,000 ambulatory surgery cases. 
The data items which are abstracted from medical records are the basic 
core of variables from the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) 
as well as surgery times, total charges and information on anesthesia. 
These NSAS data will be used for a variety of planning, administrative, 
and evaluation activities by government, professional, scientific, 
academic, and commercial institutions. Data collected through the NSAS 
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. For example, selected government agencies are 
interested in specific NSAS data to track the incidence of selected 
ambulatory procedures, e.g., estimates of tubal sterilization, 
estimates of endoscopies and related digestive tract procedures, and 
estimates of endoscopic removal of pre-cancerous polyps. In addition, 
NSAS data will provide annual updates for numerous tables in the 
Congressionally-mandated NCHS report, Health, United States. The total 
cost to respondents is estimated at $256,000.

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                                                                                          Average               
                                                                No. of       No. of       burden/       Total   
                        Respondents                           responses    responses/  response (in   burden (in
                                                                           respondent      hrs.)        hrs.)   
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Induction..................................................           40            1       1.5               60
Out-of-scope Verification..................................          140            1       0.066              9
Sample Listing Sheet:                                                                                           
    ASC Personnel..........................................          224           12       0.5            1,344
    Census Personnel.......................................          267           12       0                  0
Medical Abstract:                                                                                               
    ASC Personnel..........................................          324          250       0.2           16,200
    Census Personnel.......................................          167          250       0.03333        1,392
Annual Update..............................................          491            1       0.083             41
Quality Control............................................          245          200        .0333           163
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        Total..............................................  ...........  ...........  ............       19,209
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    Dated: April 24, 1996.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-10627 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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