[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 127 (Monday, July 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37938-37939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10358]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-06-0278)


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 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) 639-5960 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 Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey [OMB No. 0920-
0278]--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) has 
been conducted annually since 1992. The purpose of the NHAMCS 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 target universe of the NHAMCS is in-person visits made 
to outpatient departments (OPDs) and emergency departments (EDs) of 
non-Federal, short-stay hospitals (hospitals with an average length of 
stay of less than 30 days) or those whose specialty is general (medical 
or surgical) or children's general.
    The NHAMCS was initiated to complement the National Ambulatory 
Medical Care Survey (NAMCS, OMB No. 0920-0234) which provides similar 
data concerning patient visits to physicians' offices. The NAMCS and 
NHAMCS are the principal sources of data on approximately 90 percent of 
ambulatory care provided in the United States.
    The NHAMCS provides a range of baseline data on the characteristics 
of the users and providers of ambulatory medical care. Data collected 
include patients' demographic characteristics, reason(s) for visit, 
physicians' diagnosis(es), diagnostic services, medications, and 
disposition. These data, together with trend data, may be used to 
monitor the effects of change in the health care system, for the 
planning of health services, improving medical education, determining 
health care work force needs, and assessing the health status of the 
population. In addition, a Cervical Cancer Screening Supplement (CCSS) 
will be added to collect information on cervical cancer screening 
practices from hospital OPD clinics. It will allow the CDC/National 
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) to 
evaluate cervical cancer screening methods and the use of human 
papilloma virus (HPV) tests.
    Users of NHAMCS data include, but are not limited to, congressional 
offices, Federal agencies, state and local governments, schools of 
public health, colleges and universities, private industry, nonprofit 
foundations, professional associations, clinicians, researchers, 
administrators, and health planners. There are no costs to the 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 7,313.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondents                   Form name            Number of     responses per    per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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Hospital Chief Medical Officer........  Hospital Induction form   ..............  ..............  ..............
                                         (NHAMCS--101).
                                        Ineligile...............              50               1           15/60
                                        Eligible................             420               1               1
Ancillary Service Executive...........  Ambulatory Unit                      400               1               1
                                         Induction form (ED)
                                         (NHAMCS--101/U).
Ancillary Service Executive...........  Ambulatory Unit                      250               4               1
                                         Induction form (OPD)
                                         (NHAMCS--101/U).

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Physician/Registered Nurse/Medical      ED Patient Record form               220             100            6/60
 Record Clerk.                           (NHAMCS--100 ED).
Medical Record Clerk..................  Pulling and re-filing ED             180             100            1/60
                                         Patient Record.
Physician/Registered Nurse/Medical      OPD Patient Record form              125             200            6/60
 Record Clerk.                           (NHAMCS--100 OPD).
Medical Record Clerk..................  Pulling and re-filing                125             200            1/60
                                         OPD Patient Record.
Physician.............................  Cervical Cancer                      200               1           15/60
                                         Screening Supplement
                                         (CCSS) (NHAMCS form
                                         906).
Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner/ Cervical Cancer                       50               1           15/60
 Nurse Midwife.                          Screening Supplement
                                         (CCSS) (NHAMCS form
                                         906).
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    Dated: June 22, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-10358 Filed 6-30-06; 8:45 am]
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