[Federal Register: December 31, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 250)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60 Day-04-18]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on (404) 498-1210.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection 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 on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
2005-2006 (OMB No. 0920-0234)--Extension--National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) was conducted
annually from 1973 to 1981, again in 1985, and resumed as an annual
survey in 1989. The survey is directed by CDC, National Center for
Health Statistics, Division of Health Care Statistics. The purpose of
NAMCS is to meet the needs and demands for statistical information
about the provision of ambulatory
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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 NAMCS target
population consists of all office visits made by ambulatory patients to
non-Federal office-based physicians (excluding those in the specialties
of anesthesiology, radiology, and pathology) who are engaged in direct
patient care. To complement these data, NCHS initiated the National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS, OMB No. 0920-0278) to
provide data concerning patient visits to hospital outpatient and
emergency departments.
The NAMCS provides a range of baseline data on the characteristics
of the users and providers of ambulatory medical care. Data collected
include the patients' demographic characteristics, reason(s) for visit,
physicians' diagnosis, diagnostic services, medications and visit
disposition. In addition to the annual statistics normally collected, a
key focus of the 2005-2006 survey will be on the prevention and
treatment of selected chronic conditions. These data, together with
trend data, may be used to monitor the effects of change in the health
care system, provide new insights into ambulatory medical care, and
stimulate further research on the use, organization, and delivery of
ambulatory care.
Users of NAMCS data include, but are not limited to, congressional
and other federal government agencies, state and local governments,
medical schools, schools of public health, researchers, administrators,
and health planners. NAMCS plans to extend its data collection into
2005 and 2006. To calculate the burden hours the number of respondents
for NAMCS is based on a sample of 3,000 physicians with a 50 percent
participation rate (this includes physicians who are out-of-scope as
well as those who refuse). There is no cost to respondents.
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Number of Average burden/
Respondents Number of responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondent hrs) hours
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Office-based physicians:
Induction Form.............................. 1,500 1 25/60 625
Patient Record Form......................... 1,500 30 5/60 3,750
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Total................................... .............. .............. .............. 4,375
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Dated: December 19, 2003.
Ron Ergle,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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