[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53947-53948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21051]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-44-02]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. Written

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comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Nursing Home Survey (OMB No. 0920-0353)--Reinstatement 
with Change--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Section 306 of the Public Health 
Service Act states that the National Center for Health Statistics 
``shall collect statistics on health resources * * * [and] utilization 
of health care, including utilization of * * * services of hospitals, 
extended care facilities, home health agencies, and other 
institutions.'' The data system responsible for collecting this data is 
the National Health Care Survey (NHCS). The National Nursing Home 
Survey (NNHS) is part of the Long-term Care Component of the NHCS. The 
NNHS was conducted in 1973-74, 1977, 1985, 1995, 1997, and 1999. NNHS 
data describe a major segment of the long-term care system and are used 
extensively for health care research, health planning and public 
policy. NNHS provides data on the characteristics of nursing homes in 
relation to their residents and staff, Medicare and Medicaid 
certification, basic rates for Medicaid and private pay residents, 
sources of payment, residents' functional status and diagnoses. The 
survey provides detailed information on utilization patterns and 
quality of care that is needed in order to make accurate assessments of 
the need for and effects of changes in the provision and financing of 
long-term care for the elderly. The use of long-term care services is 
becoming an increasingly important issue as the number of elderly 
increases and persons with disabilities live longer. Data from the NNHS 
have been used by the National Immunization Program at CDC, the Office 
of the U.S. Attorney General, the Bureau of Health Professionals at the 
Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Institute of 
Dental and Craniofacial Research at the National Institutes of Health, 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the American Health 
Care Association, Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical, the Rand 
Corporation, AARP, National Academy of Social Insurance, and by 
newspapers and journals. NCHS plans to conduct the next NNHS in 
September-December 2003. This national survey will be preceded by a 
pretest of forms and procedures in January-February 2003. The data 
collection forms and procedures have been extensively revised from the 
previous NNHS. The 2003 NNHS will be based on computer-assisted 
personal interview (CAPI) methodology. The estimated annualized burden 
for this data collection is 31,258 hours.

Pretest

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                              Forms                                  Number of      responses/     response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)
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Facility Questionnaire..........................................             100               1           20/60
Nursing Home Staff Questionnaire................................             100               1             2.5
Current Resident Sampling List..................................             100               1           20/60
Current Resident Questionnaire..................................             100               8           25/60
Discharged Resident Sampling List...............................             100               1           15/60
Discharged Resident Questionnaire...............................             100               8           25/60
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Full Survey

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                              Forms                                  Number of      responses/     response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)
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Facility Questionnaire..........................................           3,000               1           20/60
Nursing Home Staff Questionnaire................................           3,000               1             2.5
Current Resident Sampling List..................................           3,000               1           20/60
Current Resident Questionnaire..................................           3,000               8           25/60
Discharged Resident Sampling List...............................           3,000               1           15/60
Discharged Resident Questionnaire...............................           3,000               8           25/60
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    Dated: August 13, 2002.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-21051 Filed 8-19-02; 8:45 am]
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