[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55408-55409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22079]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Correlates of High Organ Donation Rates

    The HRSA, Office of Special Programs (OSP), Division of 
Transplantation (DoT) is planning a study to identify and evaluate 
practices related to organ procurement organization (OPO) and hospital 
structures and processes associated with high rates of organ donation. 
The study sample will include nine OPOs and 54 affiliated hospitals. 
(The OPO sample will be chosen first, followed by a corresponding 
sample of hospitals that have affiliations with the chosen OPOs.)
    The study consists of two phases, of which only Phase 2 will 
require OMB Clearance. Phase 1 will involve an examination of secondary 
data sources to obtain descriptive information on the universe of OPOs 
and a subset of hospitals that have the potential for organ procurement 
activities. Phase 2 will involve data collection from more than nine 
hospitals through surveys and site visits to identify practices of OPO, 
hospital, and OPO-hospital interactions that are associated with higher 
rates of organ donation.
    Hospitals included in the sample are likely to be, though not 
necessarily limited to, those with Trauma I and II designations, 
because the majority of organ donations occur in these types of 
hospitals. Data collection instruments for the hospital sample will 
include: (1) Hospital Pre-site Visit Telephone Survey; (2) Hospital On-
site Visit Interview Protocol; and (3) OPO-Hospital Perceptions Survey.
    The Hospital Pre-site Visit Telephone Survey will capture 
supplemental data on hospital organizational structures and processes 
related to organ procurement such as presence of an ethics committee, 
donation committee, or staff designated to engage in organ donation 
activities. The Hospital On-site Visit Interview Protocol will be used 
to identify characteristics of hospital structures and processes and 
OPO-hospital interactions that may facilitate or limit referrals to 
OPOs by hospitals, potential organ donor consent, organ recovery, and 
organs transplanted. Focus areas include, but are not limited to, 
hospital commitment to and governance over organ procurement 
activities, planning and evaluation, financial issues, staffing, 
training, and technical and data collection capacity. The OPO-Hospital 
Perceptions Survey will capture the convergence or divergence of OPO 
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hospital perceptions about their working relationship.
    The data collected will provide HRSA with a better understanding of 
the structural characteristics and practices of OPOs and hospitals 
associated with higher rates of referrals, consent, organ recovery, and 
organs transplanted. Results will inform future research, policy, and 
practice aimed at improving rates of organ donation as emphasized by 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. 
Thompson's Gift of Life Initiative.

                                       Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden
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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per      Total hour
                    Form name                       respondents     respondent       response         burden
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Hospital Pre-Site Visit Telephone Survey........             108               1               2             216
Hospital On-Site Visit Interview Protocol.......             540               1               1             540
OPO-Hospital Perception Survey..................              54               1               1              54
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Total...........................................             702  ..............  ..............             810
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 11A-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: August 23, 2002.
Jon L. Nelson,
Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
[FR Doc. 02-22079 Filed 8-28-02; 8:45 am]
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