[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40534-40535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19892]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-16-97]


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 Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is 
requesting an emergency review and clearance of the above named data 
collection in 1997. The use of the regular clearance process for this 
survey would preclude collection of home health care data in 1997, 
thereby disrupting the provisions of annual trend data for this dynamic 
sector in the health care delivery system. A decision regarding this 
request is needed by August 8, 1997. The National Home and Hospice Care 
Survey 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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                                                                                                       Average  
                                                                            Number of    Number of     burden/  
                               Respondents                                 respondents   responses/    response 
                                                                                         respondent   (in hours)
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Hospices and Home Health Care Agencies...................................        1,200            1        0.166
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Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-19892 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45 am]
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