[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62249-62251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29559]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-02]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review, 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)
639-3453.
The following requests have been submitted for review since the
last publication date on November 29, 1995.
Proposed Projects
1. National Home and Hospice Care Survey--(0920-0298)--
Reinstatement--The National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) was
conducted in 1992, 1993, and 1994. It is part of the Long- Term 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 widely used 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 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 Study. NHHCS data cover: Baseline
data on the characteristics of hospices and home health agencies in
relation to their patients and staff, Medicare and Medicaid
certification, costs to patients, sources of payment, patient's
functional status and diagnoses, and categories of staff employees.
Data collection is planned for the period July- October, 1996. Survey
design is in process now.
Sample selection and preparation of layout forms will precede the
data collection by several months.
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Avg.
No. of No. of burden/
Respondents respondents responses/ response
respondent (in hrs.)
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Facility........................... 1200 1 0.333
Current Patient.................... 8400 1 0.19
Discharged Patient................. 8400 1 0.214
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The total annual burden is 3,792. Send comments to Allison Eydt;
Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235; Washington, DC 20503.
2. National Hospital Discharge Survey--(0920-0212)--Extension--The
National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), which has been conducted
continuously by the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, since
1965, is the principal source of data on inpatient utilization of
short-stay, non-Federal hospitals and is the only annual source of
nationally representative estimates on the characteristics of
discharges, the lengths of stay, diagnoses, surgical and non-surgical
procedures, and the patterns of use of care in hospitals in various
regions of the country. It is the benchmark against which special
programmatic data sources are compared. Data collected through the NHDS
are essential for evaluating health status of the population, for the
planning of programs and policy to elevate the health status of the
Nation, for studying morbidity trends, and for research activities in
the health field. NHDS data have been used extensively in the
production of goals for the Year 2000 Health Objectives and the
subsequent monitoring of these goals. In addition, NHDS data provide
annual updates for numerous tables in the Congressionally-mandated NCHS
report, Health, United States. Data from the NHDS are collected
annually on approximately 250,000 discharges from a nationally
representative sample of Federal hospitals. The data items collected
are the basic core of variables contained in the Uniform Hospital
Discharge Data Set (UHDDS). Data for approximately half of the
responding hospitals are abstracted from medical records while the
remainder of the hospital supply data through commercial abstract
service organizations, state data systems, in-house tapes of printouts.
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Avg.
No. of No. of burden/
Respondents respondents responses/ response
respondent (in hrs.)
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Primary Procedure Hospitals........ 77 251 0.083
Alternate Procedure Hospitals...... 136 250 0.016
Update (Abstract Service Hospitals) 150 2 0.033
Quality Control Forms (Hospitals).. 50 40 0.016
Induction Forms (Hospitals)........ 40 1 2
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The total annual burden is 2,269. Send comments to Allison Eydt;
Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235; Washington, DC 20503.
3. Functional Outcome and Use of Services Following Firearm
Injuries--New--Patients admitted to an urban hospital for treatment of
a firearm injury will be followed in order to: (1) Examine the nature
and extent of functional limitations and disability following a
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firearm injury, (2) examine the factors that influence patient
recovery, and (3) document the use of post-acute services and barriers
to receiving those services. The following data will be collected: (1)
Patients will be interviewed in person prior to discharge and by phone
at three months and nine months after discharge, and (2) the medical
record will also be abstracted.
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Avg.
No. of No. of burden/
Respondents respondents responses/ response
respondent (in hrs.)
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Patients with firearms injuries.... 320 3 0.60
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The total annual burden is 576. Send comments to Allison Eydt,
Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: November 29, 1995.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-29559 Filed 12-4-95; 8:45 am]
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