[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7495-7496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1995]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-01-17]


Foreign Quarantine Regulations; Proposed Data Collections 
Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c) (2) (A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC) is providing an opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects. To request more information on the 
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at 404-639-7090. 
Comments are invited on: (i) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the CDC, including whether the information shall have a

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practical utility; (ii) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information; (iii) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (iv) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information 
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques 
for other forms of information technology. Send comments to Anne 
O'Connor, Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-
D24, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Written comments should be received within 
60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Survey of User Satisfaction with National Health Care Survey Data--
New--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC). This Survey of User Satisfaction with 
National Health Care Survey Data is needed to provide current 
information on the use and usefulness of the variety of data products 
describing health care delivery systems in the United States. The 
National Health Care Survey comprises several component surveys: 
National Hospital Discharge Survey, National Nursing Home Survey, 
National Home and Hospice Care Survey, National Ambulatory Medical Care 
Survey, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and occasional 
other similar surveys when funded, such as the National Health Provider 
Inventory. Unlike other national surveys conducted by CDC National 
Center for Health Statistics, the National Health Care surveys address 
the health care delivery systems rather than the vital statistics, 
health status, health-related behavior, and access to care experienced 
by individuals and households who are consumers of the health care 
delivery systems. Between the years of 1968 and 1984, a number of 
surveys were conducted to learn more about National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS) data users and to assess the quality of data 
dissemination activities conducted by NCHS. Studies focusing solely on 
user satisfaction with National Health Care Survey data products have 
not been conducted since 1984. We need current specific information on 
how well our users' needs are being met, how to improve our data 
products, and how to serve current non-users of our data who are, 
nonetheless, potential users. Our data products consist mainly of 
published reports and web-published data sets including Data Highlights 
and E-Stats. Our published reports include Advance Data Reports, a 
newsletter-like summary of more detailed analyses to be published 
later, and Series Reports, which are in-depth analyses of specific 
topics addressed by our collected data. As the contractor for this 
project, CHPS Consulting will conduct a multi-mode survey using a web-
based survey for those in the sample for whom an email address is 
available and a mail survey for those without an email address. Current 
users will be asked questions about what publications they use, how 
they use them, and their opinion of the timeliness, accessibility, 
format, and quality of the data publications. Non-users will be asked 
why they do not use our publications, their current sources of health 
care provider data, and how we improve data products to meet their 
needs. Our target population will include the following groups of 
persons: researchers, educators, health facility administrators, 
practitioners, and policymakers. Our goal for this survey is to obtain 
600 returned surveys with an approximately equal number of returned 
surveys from users and non-users. There is no cost to respondents other 
than their time in responding.The total annualized burden is 75 hours.

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                                                                     Number of      Avg. burden   Total response
                   Respondents                       Number of     responses per   per response     per burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)       (in hrs.)
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Users...........................................             300               1         \10/60\              50
Non-Users.......................................             300               1          \5/60\              25
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    Total.......................................             600                                              75
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    Dated: January 16, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 01-1995 Filed 1-22-01; 8:45 am]
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