[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16285-16286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8045]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 DAY-34-03]


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 
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
    Proposed Project: 2004 National Health Interview Survey: 2004 Basic 
Module with Topical Module, (0920-0214)--Revision--National Center for 
Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
    The annual National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a basic 
source of

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general statistics on the health of the U.S. population. In accordance 
with the 1995 initiative to increase the integration of surveys within 
the Department of Health and Human Services, respondents to the NHIS 
serve as the sampling frame for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. 
This survey is conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality. The NHIS has long been used by government, university, and 
private researchers to evaluate both general health and specific 
issues, such as cancer, AIDS, and childhood immunizations. Journalists 
use its data to inform the general public. It will continue to be a 
leading source of data for the Congressionally mandated ``Health US'' 
and related publications, as well as the single most important source 
of statistics to track progress toward the National Health Promotion 
and Disease Prevention Objectives, ``Healthy People 2010.''
    Because of survey integration and changes in the health and health 
care of the U.S. population, demands on the NHIS have changed and 
increased, leading to a major redesign of the annual core 
questionnaire, or Basic Module, and a shift from paper questionnaires 
to computer assisted personal interviews (CAPI). These redesigned 
elements were partially implemented in 1996 and fully implemented in 
1997. This clearance is for the eighth full year of data collection 
using the core questionnaire on CAPI, for the implementation of a 
supplement on children's mental health, and for a software field test 
to evaluate a switch from CASES software to Blaise software. The field 
test for the new software is scheduled for June 2003. The data 
collection for the full survey is planned for January-December 2004, 
and will result in publication of new national estimates of health 
statistics, release of public use micro data files, and a sampling 
frame for other integrated surveys. The total annual burden for this 
data collection is 39,870 hours.

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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Questionnaire (respondents)                       Number of      responses/     per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs.)
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Family Core (Adult Family Member)...............................          39,000               1           21/60
Adult Core and Topical Module (sample adult)....................          32,000               1           42/60
Child Core and Topical Module (adult family member).............          13,000               1           15/60
Re-interview Survey.............................................           3,250               1            5/60
Software and Systems Field Test.................................             300               1           60/60
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    Dated: March 27, 2003.
Thomas Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-8045 Filed 4-2-03; 8:45 am]
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