[Federal Register: July 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 127)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30 Day-06-0278)
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 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) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey [OMB No. 0920-
0278]--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) has
been conducted annually since 1992. 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
to outpatient departments (OPDs) and emergency departments (EDs) 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, reason(s) for visit,
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, for the
planning of health services, improving medical education, determining
health care work force needs, and assessing the health status of the
population. In addition, a Cervical Cancer Screening Supplement (CCSS)
will be added to collect information on cervical cancer screening
practices from hospital OPD clinics. It will allow the CDC/National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) to
evaluate cervical cancer screening methods and the use of human
papilloma virus (HPV) tests.
Users of NHAMCS data include, but are not limited to, congressional
offices, Federal agencies, state and local governments, schools of
public health, colleges and universities, private industry, nonprofit
foundations, professional associations, clinicians, researchers,
administrators, and health planners. There are no costs to the
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 7,313.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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Hospital Chief Medical Officer........ Hospital Induction form .............. .............. ..............
(NHAMCS--101).
Ineligile............... 50 1 15/60
Eligible................ 420 1 1
Ancillary Service Executive........... Ambulatory Unit 400 1 1
Induction form (ED)
(NHAMCS--101/U).
Ancillary Service Executive........... Ambulatory Unit 250 4 1
Induction form (OPD)
(NHAMCS--101/U).
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Physician/Registered Nurse/Medical ED Patient Record form 220 100 6/60
Record Clerk. (NHAMCS--100 ED).
Medical Record Clerk.................. Pulling and re-filing ED 180 100 1/60
Patient Record.
Physician/Registered Nurse/Medical OPD Patient Record form 125 200 6/60
Record Clerk. (NHAMCS--100 OPD).
Medical Record Clerk.................. Pulling and re-filing 125 200 1/60
OPD Patient Record.
Physician............................. Cervical Cancer 200 1 15/60
Screening Supplement
(CCSS) (NHAMCS form
906).
Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner/ Cervical Cancer 50 1 15/60
Nurse Midwife. Screening Supplement
(CCSS) (NHAMCS form
906).
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Dated: June 22, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-10358 Filed 6-30-06; 8:45 am]
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