[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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