[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17647-17648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8747]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-38-03]


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: National Survey of State Endoscopic Capacity--
New--National Center for Chronic Disease

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Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC). CDC proposes to conduct a study to provide a 
state-level assessment of the current capacity to conduct colorectal 
cancer (CRC) screening and follow-up examinations for average risk 
persons aged 50 and older. CDC has already conducted the ``National 
Survey of Endoscopic Capacity (SECAP)''. The tasks involved in this 
national capacity assessment included creating a list of all health 
care providers who own and use endoscopes for CRC screening and 
diagnostic follow-up; developing and administering a survey instrument 
to health care providers across the country who own lower GI 
endoscopes; and developing a tool to assess the number of people 
currently unscreened. The data from the SECAP study will be analyzed at 
the national and regional level. In response to state requests, CDC 
would like to assist states in assessing the state-level capacity to 
provide colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and follow-up examinations to 
appropriate persons.
    The proposed study will be conducted through the implementation of 
a survey which will be mailed to a random sample of providers known to 
possess flexible sigmoidoscopes and colonoscopes in three states. The 
sampling frame includes all types of physician specialists and health 
care providers who own lower endoscopic equipment and may be screening 
for CRC. The survey will provide information on the types of health 
care providers who are performing CRC screening and follow-up 
examinations, the equipment currently being used for screening and 
follow-up examinations, and current reimbursement rates for these 
tests. The results of the analysis will be used to (1) identify state-
level deficits in the medical infrastructure, (2) guide the development 
of state-level training initiatives and educational programs for health 
care providers, and (3) provide critical baseline information for state 
policy makers for the planning of state-level initiatives to increase 
colorectal cancer screening. CDC is currently in the process of 
selecting participating states through a competitive process. The 
annualized estimated burden is 688 hours.

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                                                                                      No. of        Avg. burden
                           Respondents                                No. of        responses/     per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Screening Call:                                                   ..............  ..............  ..............
    Year 1 (3 states)...........................................             969               1            5/60
    Year 2 (6 states)...........................................           1,940               1            5/60
    Year 3 (6 states)...........................................           1,940               1            5/60
Annualized screening calls                                                *1,616  ..............  ..............
Mail Survey:                                                      ..............  ..............  ..............
    Year 1 (3 states)...........................................             797               1           25/60
    Year 2 (6 states)...........................................           1,595               1           25/60
    Year 3 (6 states)...........................................           1,595               1           25/60
Annualized mail survey                                                    *1,329  ..............  ..............
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*Average number of respondents per year.


    Dated: April 4, 2003.
Tom Bartenfeld,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-8747 Filed 4-9-03; 8:45 am]
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