[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2244-2245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-856]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-06-98]
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 Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Office on (404) 639-7090. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written
comments should be received on or before February 13, 1998.
Proposed Projects
1. The National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS)--(0920-0298)--
Revision--The National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) was
conducted in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1997. It is part of the Long-
Term Care component of the National Health Care Survey. Section 306 of
the Public Health Service Act states that the National Center for
Health Statistics ``shall collect statistics on health resources * * *
[and] utilization of health care, including utilization of * * *
services of hospitals, extended care facilities, home health agencies,
and other institutions.'' NHHCS data are used to examine this most
rapidly expanding sector of the health care industry. Data from the
NHHCS are used widely by the health care industry and policy makers for
such diverse analyses as the need for various medical supplies;
minority access to health care; and planning for the health care needs
of the elderly. The NHHCS also reveals detailed information on
utilization patterns, as needed to make accurate assessments of the
need for and costs associated with such care. Data from earlier NHHCS
collections have been used by the Congressional Budget Office, the
Bureau of Health Professionals, the Maryland Health Resources Planning
Commission, the National Association for Home Care, and by several
newspapers and journals. Additional uses are expected to be similar to
the uses of the National Nursing Home Survey. NHHCS data cover:
baseline data on the characteristics of hospices and home health
agencies in relation to their
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patients and staff, Medicare and Medicaid certification, costs to
patients, sources of payment, patients' functional status and
diagnoses. Data collection is planned for the period July-November,
1998. Survey design is in process now. Sample selection and preparation
of layout forms will precede the data collection by several months. The
total annual burden hours are 5,625.
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Average
Number of Number of burden/ Total
Respondents respondents Responses/ response (in burden (in
Respondents hours) hours)
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Agency Questionnaire....................................... 1350 1 0.333 450
Current Patient Sampling List.............................. 1350 1 0.333 450
Current Patient Questionnaire.............................. 1350 6 0.25 2025
Discharged Patient Sampling List........................... 1350 1 0.50 675
Discharged Patient Questionnaire........................... 1350 6 0.25 2025
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2. (NIOSH) Occupational Asthma Identification Methods -0920-0350--
Reinstatement--Over the last decade, Occupational Asthma (OA) has
emerged as the most prevalent occupational respiratory disease,
resulting in morbidity, disability, diminished productivity, and
rarely, death. Prevention of OA has become one of the most important
goals for NIOSH. This project addresses these issues by examining the
potential of different asthma screening approaches as surveillance
tools when employed serially over time among workers at risk, and also
characterizes the occurrence of and risk factors for occupational
asthma in various high risk industries.
The primary objective of the study is to examine the potential of
different asthma screening approaches as surveillance tools when
employed serially over time among workers at risk. A second major
objective is to characterize the occurrence of and risk factors for
occupational asthma in several industries, specifically workers rearing
insects for agricultural pest control, wood product workers using
isocyanates, and other occupational groups with different exposure
profiles. A series of four groups of screening measures are applied to
examine the potential of each measure in different situations. This
includes a questionnaire (including an occupational history), lung
function tests (shift spirometry, serial peak flow tests, airway
responsiveness), inflammation and immunology tests (specific and
nonspecific serum immunoglobulins, skin prick tests, nasal lavage for
cellular and biochemical factors), and environmental measurements
(gravimetric dusts, antigens, chemical vapors, viable organisms,
endotoxins). Workers exposed to 1) high molecular weight sensitizing
dusts, (insect particulate), 2) low molecular weight sensitizers,
(methylene biphenyldiisocyanate, MDI), and 3) irritant but not
sensitizing exposures, as well as a control group of unexposed workers,
are followed for two years. The results should be useful in improving
tools for recognition, monitoring, and surveillance of OA. In addition,
risk factors for OA will be further delineated, which will assist in
targeting OA prevention strategies for agricultural and other workers.
Total annual burden hours are 2,251.
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Average
Number of Number of burden/ Total
Form name respondents responses/ response (in burden (in
respondent hours) hours)
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Initial questionnaire...................................... 250 1 0.333 83
Follow-up questionnaire.................................... 250 4 0.166 167
Occupational questionnaire/Skin Test....................... 250 1 0.75 188
Spirometry................................................. 250 20 0.083 417
Peak flow tests............................................ 250 300 0.016 1,250
Blood test................................................. 250 3 0.083 63
Nasal Lavage............................................... 250 1 0.333 83
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Dated: January 8, 1998.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-856 Filed 1-13-98; 8:45 am]
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