[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7461-7462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4008]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[30DAY-29]
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 within 30 days of this notice.
The following requests have been submitted for review since the
last publication date on February 11, 1997.
Proposed Project
1. Feasibility Study of a State and Local Area Integrated Telephone
Survey--New--This is a request to conduct a feasibility study in five
States of an integrated survey to collect broad State-based health and
health-related data using two existing and ongoing data collection
systems, the National Immunization Survey (NIS) and the National Health
Interview Survey (NHIS) (0920-0214). The purpose of this project is to
demonstrate the potential for using random-digit-dialing (RDD) methods
to sample households for Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI)
to produce quick turnaround State-level estimates on issues such as
health status, access to care, health insurance coverage, and
utilization of services for monitoring and tracking changes in the
health care system. As health care markets respond to new incentives
and States gain increasing responsibility for administering health and
welfare programs, State level data are being recognized as increasingly
important to the public health and health policy community. While
considerable population-based data are available at the national level,
there is a variable amount at the State level.
The proposed strategy of building on two established systems
provides several advantages. It is less costly than establishing a new
system; the proposed questions have been thoroughly tested; and
implementation can occur rapidly. In the NIS, interviews are conducted
on a random sample of telephone households to produce vaccination
coverage estimates for children 19 to 35 months of age for all 50
states, the District of Columbia, and 27 urban areas. The NIS CATI
system offers a mechanism for rapid data collection and for expansion
to establish a more broad based system to monitor and track changes in
health status, the health care system, and welfare reform at the State
level. In addition, since the design for the NIS requires screening 20
households to identify a single household with an age eligible child, a
potential cost effective opportunity exists to make use of the large
probability sample of telephone numbers for other emerging health care
issues. The NHIS is a continuous general purpose national health survey
in which face-to-face interviews are conducted to measure health
characteristics of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.
Use of an abbreviated set of questions from the NHIS for the proposed
integrated telephone survey will allow for standardization of the
questionnaire across States and will allow comparisons with national
data. In addition, the quality of the estimates developed from the
telephone survey can be improved with adjustments for nontelephone
households using information from the NHIS on telephone and
nontelephone households.
The long term strategy is to build an integrated and coordinated
data collection mechanism that can be both standardized for State and
national comparisons and customized for State-specific needs. The total
annual burden is 17,000 reflecting an average of the two years assuming
coverage of 5 areas in 1997 and 78 areas in 1998.
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Average
No. of No. of burden/ Total
Respondents respondents responses/ response burden (in
respondent (in hrs.) hrs.)
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1997
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Noninstitutionalized household population in 5 States....... 5,500 1 0.33 1,833
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1998
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Noninstitutionalized household population in 50 States or
substate areas............................................. 55,000 1 0.33 18,333
Noninstitutionalized household population in 28 substate
areas 31,000 1 0.33 10,333
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Dated: February 10, 1997.
Wilma G. Johnson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-4008 Filed 2-18-97; 8:45 am]
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