[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29259]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:
    Proposed Project: Evaluation of the National Health Service Corps 
--New-- The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) was established in 
1971 to help correct the maldistribution of health care personnel and 
to improve the delivery of services in areas with shortages of health 
care professionals. Through the Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs 
the NHSC recruits health clinicians and places them in areas designated 
as health professional shortage areas.
    The evaluation of this program will include three mail surveys, two 
directed at scholarship and loan repayment program clinicians 
(physicians, dentists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and 
nurse midwives), and one directed at site administrators currently 
employing NHSC clinicians. The Survey of NHSC Alumni (clinicians who 
began service on January 1, 1980 and terminated their service before 
March 14, 1997) will assess alumni attitudes about the NHSC experience 
including recruitment, placement, and service contributions to the site 
and community (for example, expanding clinical services, serving in 
clinical leadership positions, participating in quality improvement 
activities and initiating community primary care initiatives). In 
addition, the survey will examine various measures of clinician 
retention in underserved areas. The Survey of NHSC Clinicians (current) 
will also assess attitudes about the NHSC experience including 
recruitment, placement and service contribution to the site and 
community. The Survey of Administrators in Sites with NHSC Clinicians 
will assess sites' experiences with NHSC clinicians and will provide an 
assessment of their service contributions to the site and community. 
The data collected through the surveys will be used to formulate 
programmatic and policy recommendations designed to strengthen the NHSC 
program and increase its effectiveness.
    The estimated burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Response per      Hours per     Total burden 
               Type of respondent                   respondents     respondent       response          hours    
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Eligible Alumni Clinicians......................           1,555               1             .50             778
Ineligible Alumni Clinicians....................             173               1             .07              12
Eligible Current Clinicians.....................             965               1             .50             483
Ineligible Current Clinicians...................              51               1             .07               4
Eligible Site Administrators....................             251               1             .50             126
Ineligible Site Administrators..................              13               1             .07               1
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    Total.......................................           3,008  ..............  ..............            1404
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: October 30, 1997.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-29259 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am]
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