[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53617-53618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26652]


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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: Community Health Center and National Health 
Service Corps User/Visit Survey--NEW

    The purpose of this study is to conduct a sample survey which has 
the following components: (1) A personal interview survey of Community 
Health Center (CHC) and National Health Service Corps (NHSC) site 
users; and (2) a record-based study of visits to CHCs and NHSC sites. 
CHCs and NHSC sites serve predominantly poor minority medically 
underserved populations. The proposed user and visit survey will 
collect in-depth information about CHC and NHSC site users, their 
health status, the reasons they seek care, their diagnoses, and the 
services utilized in a medical encounter.
    The proposed User/Visit Survey builds on a 1995 User/Visit Survey 
which was conducted to learn about the process and outcomes of care in 
CHC users. The 1995 User/Visit Survey included a personal interview of 
approximately 2000 users of 48 selected CHCs as well as medical record 
abstractions for about 3000 visits to these same health centers. The 
interview questionnaire was derived from the National Health Interview 
Survey (NHIS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics 
(NCHS) and the visit survey was an adaptation of the NCHS National 
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). Conformance with the 
NHIS and NHAMCS allowed comparisons between these NCHS surveys and the 
User/Visit Survey.
    The proposed User/Visit Survey was developed using similar 
questionnaire methodology in conjunction with a contractor and will 
allow longitudinal comparisons for CHCs with the 1995 version of the 
survey data, including monitoring of process outcomes over time. This 
User/Visit Survey is the first year that NHSC non-grantee, freestanding 
sites will be surveyed.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                  Number of      Responses per        Total         Hours per      Total burden
             Form                respondents       respondent      respondents      response          hours
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Site Induction...............  85 sites.......  1..............              85            1                85
Site Sampling Method.........  85 sites.......  1..............              85            1.5             127.5
User Survey..................  30 users at 70   1..............           2,700            2.75          7,425
                                CHCs and 40
                                users at 15
                                NHSC sites.
Visit Survey.................  70 CHCs........  43 records.....           3,010             .5           1,505
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    Total....................  ...............  ...............  ..............  ..............          9,142.5
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: October 16, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-26652 Filed 10-22-01; 8:45 am]
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