[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 118 (Monday, June 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 37982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15458]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-41-00]


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 Officer at (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.

Proposed Projects

    National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey--0920-0278)--
Revision--(NCHS)--The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 
(NHAMCS) has been conducted annually since 1992 and is directed by the 
Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health 
Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The purpose of 
the NHAMCS is to meet the needs and demands for statistical information 
about the provision of ambulatory medical care services in the United 
States. Ambulatory services are rendered in a wide variety of settings, 
including physicians' offices and hospital outpatient and emergency 
departments. The target universe of the NHAMCS is in-person visits made 
in the United States to outpatient departments and emergency 
departments of non-Federal, short-stay hospitals (hospitals with an 
average length of stay of less than 30 days) or those whose specialty 
is general (medical or surgical) or children's general. The NHAMCS was 
initiated to complement the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 
(NAMCS, OMB No. 0920-0234) which provides similar data concerning 
patient visits to physicians' offices. The NAMCS and NHAMCS are the 
principal sources of data on approximately 90 percent of ambulatory 
care provided in the United States.
    The NHAMCS provides a range of baseline data on the characteristics 
of the users and providers of ambulatory medical care. Data collected 
include patients' demographic characteristics and reason(s) for visit, 
and the physicians' diagnosis(es), 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, the planning 
of health services, improving medical education, determining health 
care work force needs, and assessing the health status of the 
population.
    Users of NHAMCS data include, but are not limited to, congressional 
offices, Federal agencies such as NIH, state and local governments, 
schools of public health, colleges and universities, private industry, 
nonprofit foundations, professional associations, as well as individual 
practitioners, researchers, administrators, and health planners. Uses 
vary from the inclusion of a few selected statistics in a large 
research effort, to an in-depth analysis of the entire NHAMCS data set 
covering several years.
    The number of respondents for the NHAMCS is based on a sample of 
600 hospitals with an 87 percent participation rate. The total annual 
burden hours is 13.450.

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                                                                                    Avg. burden
                    Form name                        Number of       Number of     per response    Total Burden
                                                    respondents      responses        (hours)       (in hours)
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Hospital Induction (NHAMCS-101):
    Ineligible..................................              65               1           15/60              16
    Eligible....................................             535               1           70/60             624
Ambulatory Unit Induction (ED) (NHAMCS-101/U)...             435               1               1             435
Ambulatory Unit Induction (OPD) (NHAMCS-101/U)..             300               4               1           1,200
ED Patient Record Form..........................             435             100            5/60           3,625
OPD Patient Record Form.........................             300             300            5/60           7,500
Nonresponse study...............................              50               1               1              50
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............          13,450
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    Dated: June 14, 2000.
Charles W. Gollmar,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-15458 Filed 6-16-00; 8:45 am]
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