[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 79 (Friday, April 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22051-22052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9233]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-44-04]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    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 or by fax 
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) 
2005-2006 (OMB No. 0920-0234)--Revision--National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) was conducted

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annually from 1973 to 1981, again in 1985, and resumed as an annual 
survey in 1989. The survey is directed by CDC, National Center for 
Health Statistics, Division of Health Care Statistics. The purpose of 
NAMCS is to meet the needs and demands for statistical information 
about the provision of ambulatory medical care services in the United 
States. Ambulatory services are rendered in a wide variety of settings, 
including physicians' offices and hospital outpatient and emergency 
departments. The NAMCS target population consists of all office visits 
made by ambulatory patients to non-Federal office-based physicians 
(excluding those in the specialties of anesthesiology, radiology, and 
pathology) who are engaged in direct patient care. To complement these 
data, NCHS initiated the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care 
Survey (NHAMCS, OMB No. 0920-0278) to provide data concerning patient 
visits to hospital outpatient and emergency departments.
    The NAMCS provides a range of baseline data on the characteristics 
of the users and providers of ambulatory medical care. Data collected 
include the patients' demographic characteristics, reason(s) for visit, 
physicians' diagnosis, diagnostic services, medications and visit 
disposition. In addition to the annual statistics normally collected, a 
key focus of the 2005-2006 survey will be on the prevention and 
treatment of selected chronic conditions. These data, together with 
trend data, may be used to monitor the effects of change in the health 
care system, provide new insights into ambulatory medical care, and 
stimulate further research on the use, organization, and delivery of 
ambulatory care.
    Users of NAMCS data include, but are not limited to, congressional 
and other federal government agencies, state and local governments, 
medical schools, schools of public health, researchers, administrators, 
and health planners. NAMCS plans to extend its data collection into 
2005 and 2006. To calculate the burden hours the number of respondents 
for NAMCS is based on a sample of 3,000 physicians with a 50 percent 
participation rate (this includes physicians who are out-of-scope as 
well as those who refuse). The estimated annualized burden is 5,875 
hours.

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                                                                                     Number of
              Respondents                       Form name            Number of     responses per  Average burden
                                                                    respondents     respondent     per response
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Physician Eligible....................  Induction Interview-               2,250               1           35/60
                                         eligible Physician.
Physician Ineligible..................  Induction Interview-                 750               1            5/60
                                         ineligible Physician.
Physician/Non-physician Staff.........  Patient Record Form.....           2,250              30            4/60
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    Dated: April 16, 2004.
Bill J. Atkinson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for 
Disease Control And Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-9233 Filed 4-22-04; 8:45 am]
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