[Federal Register: April 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 79)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-44-04]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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) 498-1210. Send written
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
2005-2006 (OMB No. 0920-0234)--Revision--National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) was conducted
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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 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). The estimated annualized burden is 5,875
hours.
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Number of
Respondents Form name Number of responses per Average burden
respondents respondent per response
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Physician Eligible.................... Induction Interview- 2,250 1 35/60
eligible Physician.
Physician Ineligible.................. Induction Interview- 750 1 5/60
ineligible Physician.
Physician/Non-physician Staff......... Patient Record Form..... 2,250 30 4/60
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Dated: April 16, 2004.
Bill J. Atkinson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for
Disease Control And Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-9233 Filed 4-22-04; 8:45 am]
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