[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66070-66071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27583]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30-Day-12-0278]


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 requirement of 
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To 
request a copy of these requirements, 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) 395-5806. Written comments should be 
received within 30 days of this notice.

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Proposed Project

    National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey [OMB No. 0920-
0278]exp.08/31/2012--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics 
(NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on 
``utilization of health care'' in the United States. The National 
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) has been conducted 
annually since 1992. The purpose of 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, and ambulatory 
surgery centers.
    The target universe of the NHAMCS is in-person visits made to 
outpatient departments (OPDs), emergency departments (EDs), and 
ambulatory surgery locations (ASLs) 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, as well as visits to freestanding ambulatory 
surgery centers (FS-ASCs).
    The objectives of this revision are to convert data collection 
instruments from paper to computer-based instruments; add 167 hospitals 
to the NHAMCS sample to make state-based estimates in five states on 
emergency department characteristics; expand the data collection to 
include a lookback module; conduct a colonoscopy supplement pretest; 
and make slight modifications to survey questions.
    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 10,348.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                  Number of      Average burden
         Type of respondent                  Form name           Number of      responses per   per response (in
                                                                respondents       respondent         hours)
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Hospital Chief Executive Officer....  Hospital Induction....              482                1               1.5
Hospital Chief Executive Officer....  Hospital Induction                  167                1           30/60
                                       (new sample).
Ancillary Service Executive.........  Freestanding ASC                    200                1           30/60
                                       Induction.
Ancillary Service Executive.........  Ambulatory Unit                   1,946                1           15/60
                                       Induction.
Physician/Registered Nurse/.........  ED Patient Record form              154              100            7/60
Medical Record Clerk................
Physician/Registered Nurse/.........  OPD Patient Record                   78              200           14/60
Medical Record Clerk................   form.
Physician/Registered Nurse/.........  AS Patient Record Form              108              100            7/60
Medical Record Clerk................
Medical Record Clerk................  Pulling and re-filing             1,018              133            1/60
                                       Patient Records (ED,
                                       OPD, and AS).
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    Dated: October 18, 2011.
Daniel Holcomb,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-27583 Filed 10-24-11; 8:45 am]
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