[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 163 (Monday, August 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45075-45076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22575]


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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 
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 request submitted to OMB for review, call the HRSA Reports 
Clearance Office at (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 Health Care for the Homeless 
Program.--New--This is a request for approval to collect data to 
develop and test emergency department (ED) utilization rates as a 
measure of effectiveness of the Bureau of Primary Health Care's (BPHC) 
Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) program. The HCH Program is a 
Federal grant program authorized by section 330(h) of the Public Health 
Service Act. This program seeks to improve access by homeless 
individuals to primary health care and substance abuse treatment.
    Data will be collected in five communities in which there are 
Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) grantees. Between 250-300 single 
homeless persons will be interviewed at soup kitchens in each of the 
five communities. The objective is a total sample of 1,350. There will 
be five categories of questions respondents will be asked: Emergency 
Room Visits, Inpatient Hospital Utilization, Outpatient Health Care 
Utilization, Health Status and Perceived Need for Health Care, and 
Demographics. Information from the study will be used in conjunction 
with data from ED records of homeless individuals with self reported ED 
use during the study period to determine whether particular ED visits 
should be considered ``appropriate or ``non-appropriate'.
    The estimated reporting burden is as follows:

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                                  Number of    Minutes per  Total burden
        Type of report           respondents    response        hours   
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Individual....................        1,350            20           450 
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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: August 17, 1998.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-22575 Filed 8-21-98; 8:45 am]
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