[Federal Register: June 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 118)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-09-0278]
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 requirement of
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 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
Section 306 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C.
242k), as amended, authorizes that the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (DHHS), acting through NCHS, shall collect statistics on
``utilization of health care'' in the United States. The National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) has been conducted
annually since 1992. This revision seeks approval to collect data for
an additional three years and to expand the survey to include free-
standing ambulatory surgical centers. The purpose of 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 NHAMCS is in-person visits made to emergency
departments (EDs) and outpatient departments (OPDs) of non-Federal,
short-stay hospitals (hospitals with an average length of stay of fewer
than 30 days) or those whose specialty is general (medical or surgical)
or children's general. In 2009, NHAMCS was expanded to include visits
to hospital-based ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). NCHS seeks OMB
approval to expand NHAMCS to include free-standing ASCs in 2010. The
objective of this new collection will be to collect data about free-
standing ambulatory surgery centers, the patients they serve, and the
services they deliver. The intent is for NHAMCS to become the principal
source of data on ASC services in the United States. The data to be
collected include patient characteristics, diagnoses, surgical and
nonsurgical procedures, provider and type of anesthesia, time in and
out of surgery and postoperative care, and discharge disposition.
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
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total estimated annualized burden hours are 10,832.
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Average
No. of No. of burden per
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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Hospital Chief Executive Officer...... Hospital Induction 482 1 1
(NHAMCS-101).
Ancillary Service Executive........... Freestanding ASC 200 1 1.5
Induction (NHAMCS-
101FS).
Ancillary Service Executive........... Ambulatory Unit 1,779 1 1
Induction (NHAMCS-101U).
Physician/Registered Nurse/Medical ED Patient Record form 225 100 7/60
Record Clerk. NHAMCS-100 (ED).
Physician/Registered Nurse/Medical OPD Patient Record form 128 200 6/60
Record Clerk. NHAMCS-100 (OPD).
Physician/Registered Nurse/Medical ASC Patient Record Form 208 100 6/60
Record Clerk. NHAMCS-100 (ASC).
Medical Record Clerk.................. Pulling and re-filing 425 133 1/60
Patient Records (ED,
OPD, and ASC).
Physician/Physician Assistant/Nurse Cervical Cancer 255 1 15/60
Practitioner/Nurse Midwife. Screening Supplement
(CCSS) (NHAMCS-906).
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Dated: June 15, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Science Officer,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-14553 Filed 6-19-09; 8:45 am]
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