[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 46 (Thursday, March 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11985-11986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4687]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-05BK]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call (404) 371-5976 
or send comments to Sandi Gambescia, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected].
    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. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (OMB No. 0920-0334)--
Reinstatement--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    The National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (NSAS) was previously 
conducted by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics from 1994 
through 1996. It is the principal source of data on ambulatory surgery 
center (ASC) services in the United States. It complements surgery data 
obtained in the NCHS National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) OMB No. 
0920-0212, which provides annual data concerning the nation's use of 
inpatient medical and surgical care provided in short-stay, non-Federal 
hospitals. The NSAS is a national probability sample survey of 
ambulatory surgery visits in hospitals and freestanding ambulatory 
surgery centers. It has been the benchmark against which special 
programmatic data sources are compared.
    Data for the NSAS will be collected annually beginning in 2006 from 
a nationally representative sample of hospitals and freestanding 
ambulatory surgery centers. The hospital universe includes 
noninstitutional hospitals exclusive of Federal, military, and 
Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals located in the 50 States and 
the District of Columbia. The universe of freestanding facilities 
includes the freestanding ambulatory surgery centers licensed by states 
and/or certified as ambulatory surgery centers for Medicare 
reimbursement. As in the earlier survey, facilities specializing in 
dentistry, podiatry, abortion, family planning or birthing will be 
excluded. As with previous years, the data items which are abstracted 
from medical records are the basic core variables from the Uniform 
Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) as well as surgery times, total 
charges and information on anesthesia. There are no costs to 
respondents except for their time to participate in the survey.
    Annualized Burden Table:

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                                                                     Number of     Avg. burden/
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response (in    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)           hours
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Induction\1\....................................             227               1           90/60           340.5
Out-of-scope verification.......................             150               1            4/60              10
Sample Listing Sheet:
    ASC Personnel...............................             224              12           30/60           1,344
    Census Personnel............................             264              12               0               0
Medical Abstract:
    ASC Personnel...............................             324             250           12/60          16,200
    Census Personnel............................             164             250            2/60           1,367
Annual Update...................................             488               1            5/60              41
Quality Control.................................             245              20            2/60             163
 
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\1\ The induction of 600 facilities takes place in the first year and 40 each in subsequent years but is
  averaged over 3 years.



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    Dated: March 1, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-4687 Filed 3-9-05; 8:45 am]
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