Federal Register, Volume 61 Issue 139 (Thursday, July 18, 1996)

[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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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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