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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Total .......................................................................................................... 924 NA NA 518 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated 

annualized cost burden for patients, 

$10,652, and for the health care 

organization, $885, for a total 

annualized cost burden of $11,537. 

Respondents will not incur any other 

costs beyond those associated with their 

time to participate. 

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average hourly wage rate Total cost 

burden 

Safety event intake form and follow up ........................................................... 840 490 $21.74 * $10,652 

Health care provider follow up ......................................................................... 84 28 31.61 ** 885 

Total .......................................................................................................... 924 518 NA 11,537 

* Based upon the mean of the average Wages, National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2011, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00–0000 **Based upon the mean of the average wages, National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2011: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists (General Medical and Surgical Hospitals). U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. http:// 

www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes299011.htm 

Estimated Annual Cost to the 

Government 

AHRQ is supporting the conduct of 

this project as part of a contract with the 

RAND Corporation and the ECRI 

Institute. The estimated cost for this 

work is $899,827. 

EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST

Cost component Total cost Annualized cost 

Intake Form Development ............................................................................................................................... $364,375 $242,917 

System Development ....................................................................................................................................... 413,860 275,907 

Project Management ........................................................................................................................................ 35,325 23,550 

Overhead ......................................................................................................................................................... 86,267 57,511 

Total .......................................................................................................................................................... 899,827 599,885 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s 

information collection are requested 

with regard to any of the following: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of AHRQ health care 

research and health care information 

dissemination functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including 

hours and costs) of the proposed 

collection(s) of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: August 30, 2012. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research And 

Quality 

Special Emphasis Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of SEP meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10 

(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), 

announcement is made of an Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ) Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) 

meeting on ‘‘Partnerships for 

Sustainable Research and Dissemination 

of Evidence-Based Medicine (R24)’’. 

DATES: September 20–21, 2012 (Open on 

September 20 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:15 

a.m. and closed for the remainder of the 

meeting). 

This notice is being published less 

than 15 days prior to the September 20– 

21 meeting, due to the time constraints 

of reviews and funding cycles. 

ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency Hotel 

Bethesda, One Metro Center, Bethesda, 

MD 20814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of 

members, agenda or minutes of the nonconfidential portions of this meeting 

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should contact: Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, 

Committee Management Officer, Office 

of Extramural Research, Education and 

Priority Populations, AHRQ, 540 

Gaither Road, Room 2038, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850, Telephone (301) 427– 

1554. 

Agenda items for this meeting are 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Special 

Emphasis Panel is a group of experts in 

fields related to health care research 

who are invited by the Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ), and agree to be available, to 

conduct on an as needed basis, 

scientific reviews of applications for 

AHRQ support. Individual members of 

the Panel do not attend regularlyscheduled meetings and do not serve for 

fixed terms or a long period of time. 

Rather, they are asked to participate in 

particular review meetings which 

require their type of expertise. 

Substantial segments of the SEP 

meeting referenced above will be closed 

to the public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 

section 10(d), 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), and 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant applications for 

‘‘Partnerships for Sustainable Research 

and Dissemination of Evidence-Based 

Medicine (R24)’’ are to be reviewed and 

discussed at this meeting. The grant 

applications and the discussions could 

disclose confidential trade secrets or 

commercial property such as patentable 

material, and personal information 

concerning individuals associated with 

the grant applications, the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. 

Dated: August 30, 2012. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22027 Filed 9–7–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30-Day 12–0237] 

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 (404) 639–7570 or send an 

email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

The National Health and Nutrition 

Examination Survey (NHANES)— 

(0920–0237, Expiration 11/30/2012)— 

Extension—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 the extent and nature of 

illness and disability; environmental, 

social and other health hazards; and 

determinants of health of the population 

of the United States. 

The National Health and Nutrition 

Examination Survey (NHANES) has, to 

date, been authorized as a generic 

clearance under OMB Number 0920– 

0237. A change in accounting practices, 

however, requires a shift to a newlyassigned clearance number for future 

full cycles of the survey. This extension 

requests generic clearance for all 

activities needed to successfully 

complete the current 2011–2012 

NHANES survey cycle, which ends in 

early 2013. There are no changes to any 

information collection forms. A nine 

month clearance is requested. 

The National Health and Nutrition 

Examination Survey (NHANES) was 

conducted periodically between 1970 

and 1994, and continuously since 1999 

by the National Center for Health 

Statistics, CDC. 

Approximately one-quarter year of 

data collection is needed to complete 

the 2011–2012 cycle. Approximately 

3,850 respondents participate in some 

aspect of the full survey. Of these, some 

complete the screening portion and are 

then screened out of the sample. Some 

additional respondents complete the 

screener and the household interview 

sections, but decline to be examined. 

The remaining approximately 1,300 

participate in the screener, household 

interview and physical examination and 

followups. Averaging the burden across 

all respondents, at these varying levels 

of participation, results in an average 

burden of 2.4 hours. The burden for this 

activity is 9,240 hours. 

The completion of the special study, 

National Youth Fitness Study, will have 

approximately 1,037 respondents in this 

quarter for a total burden of 1,037 hours. 

In addition, up to 1,000 additional 

persons (non-NHANES respondents) 

might participate in tests of procedures 

or other special studies. The average 

burden for these special study/pretest 

respondents is 3 hours for a total of 

3,000 hours of burden. The burden for 

these studies is a total of 4,037 hours. 

Participation in NHANES is 

completely voluntary and confidential. 

NHANES programs produce 

descriptive statistics which measure the 

health and nutrition status of the 

general population. Through the use of 

questionnaires, physical examinations, 

and laboratory tests, NHANES studies 

the relationship between diet, nutrition 

and health in a representative sample of 

the United States. NHANES monitors 

the prevalence of chronic conditions 

and risk factors related to health such as 

arthritis, asthma, osteoporosis, 

infectious diseases, diabetes, high blood 

pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, 

smoking, drug and alcohol use, physical 

activity, environmental exposures, and 

diet. NHANES data are used to produce 

national reference data on height, 

weight, and nutrient levels in the blood. 

Results from more recent NHANES can 

be compared to findings reported from 

previous surveys to monitor changes in 

the health of the U.S. population over 

time. NHANES continues to collect 

genetic material on a national 

probability sample for future genetic 

research aimed at understanding disease 

susceptibility in the U.S. population. 

NCHS collects personal identification 

information. Participant level data items 

will include basic demographic 

information, name, address, social 

security number, Medicare number and 

participant health information to allow 

for linkages to other data sources such 

as the National Death Index and data 

from the Centers for Medicare and 

Medicaid Services (CMS). 

NHANES data users include the U.S. 

Congress; numerous Federal agencies 

such as other branches of the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, the 

National Institutes of Health, and the 

United States Department of 

Agriculture; private groups such as the 

American Heart Association; schools of 

public health; and private businesses. 

There is no cost to respondents other 

than their time. The total estimate of 

annualized burden is 13,277 hours. 

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