[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9739-9740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4966]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


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

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary publishes a list of information collections it has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in 
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35) and 5 CFR 1320.5. The following are those information collections 
recently submitted to OMB.
    1. A Study of Stroke Post-Acute Care and Outcomes--New--The Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation proposes a study 
to compare risk-adjusted quality indicators related to care provided 
across the three post-acute care (PAC) settings. The three settings are 
skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and inpatient 
rehabilitation facilities. Stroke was chosen as a tracer condition for 
this study because it accounts for approximately 10 percent of all 
Medicare PAC admissions and because stroke patients are treated in all 
three

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PAC settings. Respondents: Individuals, Business or other for-profit; 
Facility Burden Information--Number of Respondents: 74; Average Burden 
per Facility: 3.78 hours; Facility Burden: 280 hours--Patient Burden 
Information--Number of Respondents for Informed Consent: 1347; Average 
Burden per Response: 10 minutes; Burden for Informed Consent: 225 
hours--Number of Respondents for Admission Interview: 1051; Average 
Burden per Response: 32.8 minutes; Burden for Admission Interview: 575 
hours--Number of Respondents for 90-day Follow-up Interview: 919; 
Average Burden per Response: 28.4 minutes; Burden for 90-day Follow-up 
Interview: 435 hours--Total Burden: 1,515 hours.
    OMB Desk Officer: Allison Herron Eydt.
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the OS Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated 
above at the following address: Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: February 21, 2002.
Kerry Weems,
Acting, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 02-4966 Filed 3-1-02; 8:45 am]
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