[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19310-19311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08442]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: PACT: 
Veteran's Health and Well-Being

AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 
Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of 
information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 26, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: VA Desk Officer; 725 
17th St. NW., Washington, DC 20503 or sent through electronic mail to 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
NEW'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise 
Records Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-5870 or email 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
NEW.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3501-3521.

    Titles: PACT: Veteran's Health and Well-Being.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-NEW.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Abstract: The purpose of the study, which is funded by the PACT 
Demonstration Lab Coordinating Center,

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is to conduct a survey of Veterans to capture novel predictors of 
hospital admission and identify clusters of complex patients based on 
survey- and claims-based covariates. This study provides the first 
empirical application of the Cycle of Complexity conceptual model that 
the study team developed and recently published, which postulates that 
patient complexity represents more than having multiple chronic 
conditions. It is critical to evaluate whether complexity defined on 
the basis of survey-based and claims-based covariates is more 
predictive than diagnosis of multiple chronic conditions based on 
claims data alone.
    The proposed patient survey is designed to measure a broad range of 
self-reported patient factors that increase Veterans' risk for being 
admitted to hospital, including life stressors, perceived locus of 
control, grit, resilience, functional status, social support and 
loneliness, sleep problems, symptoms, food insecurity, and patient 
activation. This survey will help us understand, for the first time, 
the extent to which self-reported factors can markedly improve 
prediction of patient risk for hospital admission, which may help the 
PACT Demonstration Lab Coordinating Center Intelligence improve its 
risk prediction models. This project may also identify patient-reported 
outcomes (PROs) that can be effectively integrated into routine VA 
clinical practice, as the VA begins to explore inclusion of PROs into 
the VA electronic health record. We are requesting approval to conduct 
this survey to a nationally representative sample of 10,000 patients 
who obtain primary care in VA because there are no extant VA surveys 
that capture the range of patient factors that we propose to collect, 
which are not available in VA administrative databases. If we did not 
capture these patient factors, our risk prediction analysis might be 
incorrect or biased.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published on Thursday, January 26, 2017, Volume 82, No. 
16, pages 8563-8564.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2500.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 5,000.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Enterprise Records Service, Office of 
Quality and Compliance, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2017-08442 Filed 4-25-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8320-01-P