[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27146-27147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12373]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-30-01]


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 Project

    Survey of User Satisfaction with National Health Care Survey Data--
New--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC). This Survey of User Satisfaction with 
National Health Care Survey Data is needed to provide current 
information on the use and usefulness of the variety of data products 
describing health care delivery systems in the United States. The 
National Health Care Survey comprises several component surveys: 
National Hospital Discharge Survey, National Nursing Home Survey, 
National Home and Hospice Care Survey, National Ambulatory Medical Care 
Survey, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and occasional 
other similar surveys when funded, such as the National Health Provider 
Inventory. Unlike other national surveys conducted by CDC National 
Center for Health Statistics, the National Health Care surveys address 
the health care delivery systems rather than the vital statistics, 
health status, health-related behavior, and access to care experienced 
by individuals and households who are consumers of the health care 
delivery systems. Between the years of 1968 and 1984, a number of 
surveys were conducted to learn more about National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS) data users and to assess the quality of data 
dissemination activities conducted by NCHS. Studies focusing solely on 
user satisfaction with National Health Care Survey data products have 
not been conducted since 1984. We need current specific information on 
how well our users' needs are being met, how to improve our data 
products, and how to serve current non-users of our data who are, 
nonetheless, potential users. Our data products consist mainly of 
published reports and web-published data sets including Data Highlights 
and E-Stats. Our published reports include Advance Data Reports, a 
newsletter-like summary of more detailed analyses to be published 
later, and Series Reports, which are in-depth analyses of specific 
topics addressed by our collected data. As the contractor for this 
project, CHPS Consulting will conduct a multi-mode survey using a web-
based survey for those in the sample for whom an email address is 
available and a mail survey for those without an email address. Current 
users will be asked questions about what publications they use, how 
they use them, and their opinion of the timeliness, accessibility, 
format, and quality of the data publications. Non-users will be asked 
why they do not use our publications, their current sources of health 
care provider data, and how we improve data products to meet their 
needs. Our target population will include the following groups of 
persons: researchers, educators, health facility administrators, 
practitioners, and policymakers. Our goal for this survey is to obtain 
600 returned surveys with an approximately equal number of returned 
surveys from users and non-users. The total annualized burden is 75 
hours.

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                                                                                Number of       Avg. burden per
                      Respondents                            Number of        responses per       response (in
                                                            respondents         respondent           hrs.)
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Users..................................................                300                  1              10/60
Non-Users..............................................                300                  1               5/60
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    Dated: May 9, 2001.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-12373 Filed 5-15-01; 8:45 am]
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