[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4990-4991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01383]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-20-0278; Docket No. CDC-2020-0004]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled the National Hospital Ambulatory
Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). NHAMCS collects facility and visit
information on ambulatory care services utilization in non-Federal,
short stay hospitals in the United States.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before March 30, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0004 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) (OMB
Control No. 0920-0278, Exp. 06/30/2021)--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. NCHS is seeking OMB approval to extend this survey
for an additional three years.
The target universe of the NHAMCS is in-person visits made to
emergency departments (EDs) of non-Federal, short-stay hospitals
(hospitals with an average length of stay of less than 30 days) that
have at least 6 beds for inpatient use, and with a specialty of general
(medical or surgical) or children's general.
NHAMCS was initiated to complement the National Ambulatory Medical
Care Survey (NAMCS, OMB No. 0920-0234, Exp. Date 05/31/2022), which
provides similar data concerning patient visits to physicians' offices.
NAMCS and NHAMCS are the principal sources of data on ambulatory care
provided in the United States. NHAMCS provides a range of baseline data
on the characteristics of the users and providers of hospital
ambulatory medical care. Data collected include patients' demographic
characteristics, reason(s) for visit, providers' diagnoses, 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.
Starting 2018, NHAMCS was modified to assess only hospital
emergency departments. The survey components that assessed hospital
outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery locations were
discontinued. No substantive changes or supplements are expected for
the survey for the three years being requested.
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 1,124.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in (in hours)
respondent hours)
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Hospital Chief Executive Hospital 410 1 30/60 205
Officer. Induction Data
Collection.
Ancillary Service Executive... Ambulatory Unit 820 1 15/60 205
Induction (ED
only).
Medical Record Clerk.......... Retrieving 410 100 1/60 683
Patient Records
(ED only).
Ancillary Service Executive-- Reabstraction 125 1 15/60 31
Reinterview. Telephone
interview (ED
only).
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,124
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-01383 Filed 1-27-20; 8:45 am]
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