[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35499-35500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17126]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-13-97]


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 a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Office on (404) 639-7090. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
comments should be received within 7 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    1. The National Home and Hospice Care Mail Survey (NHHCMS)--(0920-
0298)--Revision--The National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) was 
conducted in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996. It is part of the Long-Term 
Care component of the National Health 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.''--NCHS 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 been used by the Congressional Budget Office, the Bureau of Health 
Professions, 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 Survey. The mail survey version is an abbreviated 
form used to collect basic trend data in years in which the full NHHCS 
is not in the field. NHHCMS data cover: baseline data on the 
characteristics of home health agencies and hospices including number 
of patients served, ownership, Medicare and Medicaid certification, and 
services provided. Data collection is planned for the period October 
1997--January 1998. Survey design is in process now. The total annual 
burden hours are 200.

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                                                                                   Number of       Avg. burden/ 
                         Respondents                              Number of        responses/      response (in 
                                                                 respondents       respondent         hrs.)     
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Hospices and Home Health Care Agencies.......................           1,200                1            0.166 
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    Dated: June 24, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-17126 Filed 6-30-97; 8:45 am]
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