[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 139 (Thursday, July 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37482-37483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18237]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 DAY-16]


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 more information on these 
projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-7090. 
Send written comments to Wilma Johnson, CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 
1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should 
be received within 30 days of this notice.
    The following requests have been submitted for review since the 
last publication date on July 3, 1996.

Proposed Projects

    1. Cost and Impact of Illnesses and Injuries Associated with Child 
Care Attendance--New--This is a longitudinal follow-up telephone survey 
of parents of children attending large (15 children/center) day care 
centers and family day care homes (7 children) in order to (1) 
determine the extent to which the size of day care centers are 
associated with the rates of illnesses and injuries for children 
attending day care; (2) to estimate the costs of illnesses and injuries 
for children attending small and large day care centers; (3) to compare 
the health of the family members of children attending small verses 
large day care centers; and (4) to estimate the costs of illnesses for 
the family members of children attending small versus large day care 
centers. The analyses of the proposed survey data will allow CDC to 
evaluate the relative costs and benefits of attending small as opposed 
to large day care centers. The information will provide timely and 
valuable data to policy makers, medical professionals and scientists.

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                                                                                      No. of       Avg. burden/ 
                           Respondents                                No. of        responses/     response (in 
                                                                    respondents     respondents       hours)    
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Parents (Monthly)...............................................             272               1           0.583
Parents (Annual)................................................             272              11           0.167

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Child care provider.............................................              70               1           0.5  
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    The total annual burden is 693. Send comments to the CDC, Desk 
Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503.
    2. 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.

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                                                                                      No. of       Avg. burden/ 
                           Respondents                                No. of        responses/     response (in 
                                                                     responses      respondent         hrs.)    
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Induction.......................................................              40               1         1.5    
Out-of-scope Verification.......................................             140               1         0.066  
Sample Listing Sheet:                                                                                           
    ASC Personnel...............................................             224              12         0.5    
    Census Personnel............................................             267              12         0      
Medical Abstract:                                                                                               
    ASC Personnel...............................................             324             250         0.2    
    Census Personnel............................................             167             250         0.03333
Annual Update...................................................             491               1         0.083  
Quality Control.................................................             245              20         0.0333 
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    The total annual burden is 19,209. Send comments to the CDC, Desk 
Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 12, 1996.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-18237 Filed 7-17-96; 8:45 am]
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