[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66837-66838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21910]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-06-0334]


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) 639-4766 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery--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 will be 
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, complications from surgery 
and anesthesia. Since the publication of the 60-day notice in the 
Federal Register on March 10, 2005 (FR 70 No. 46. p. 11985), changes 
made to the conduct of the NSAS include collecting data from fewer 
medical records and collecting more information from each participating 
facility, such as the use of electronic medical records, facility hours 
of operation, physician specialty and board certification, 
complications from surgery and anesthesia, plans to handle unexpected 
emergencies, and post-surgical follow-up. There is no cost to 
respondents other than their time. The annualized burden hours are 
11,231.

                                      Estimates of Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of     Averge burden
          Data collection forms and type of respondents              Number of      responses/     response  (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)
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Induction.......................................................             227               1          105/60
Out-of-scope verification.......................................             150               1            4/60
Sample Listing Sheet:
    ASC Personnel...............................................             224              12           30/60
    Census Personnel............................................             264              12               0
Medical Abstract:
    ASC Personnel...............................................             324             132           12/60
    Census Personnel............................................             164             132            2/60
Annual Update...................................................             488               1            5/60
Quality Control.................................................             245              20            2/60
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    Dated: October 27, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-21910 Filed 11-2-05; 8:45 am]
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