Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30DAY-16-97]

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 Office on (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 7 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

1. The National Home and Hospice Care Mail Survey (NHHCMS)--(0920-

0298)--Revision--The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is

requesting an emergency review and clearance of the above named data

collection in 1997. The use of the regular clearance process for this

survey would preclude collection of home health care data in 1997,

thereby disrupting the provisions of annual trend data for this dynamic

sector in the health care delivery system. A decision regarding this

request is needed by August 8, 1997. The National Home and Hospice Care

Survey was conducted in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996. It is part of the

Long-Term Care component of the National Health Care Survey. Section

306 of the Public Health Service Act states that the National Center

for Health Statistics ``shall collect statistics on health resources *

* * (and) utilization of health care, including utilization of * * *

services of hospitals, extended care facilities, home health agencies,

and other institutions.'' NCHS data are used to examine this most

rapidly expanding sector of the health care industry. Data from the

NHHCS are widely used by the health care industry and policy makers for

such diverse analyses as the need for various medical supplies;

minority access to health care; and planning for the health care needs

of the elderly. The NHHCS also reveals detailed information on

utilization patterns, as needed to make accurate assessments of the

need for and costs associated with such care. Data from earlier NHHCS

collections have been used by the Congressional Budget Office, the

Bureau of Health Professions, the Maryland Health Resources Planning

Commission, the National Association for Home Care, and by several

newspapers and journals.

Additional uses are expected to be similar to the uses of the

National Nursing Home Survey. The mail survey version is an abbreviated

form used to collect basic trend data in years in which the full NHHCS

is not in the field. NHHCMS data cover: baseline data on the

characteristics of home health agencies and hospices including number

of patients served, ownership, Medicare and Medicaid certification, and

services provided. Data collection is planned for the period October

1997-January 1998. Survey design is in process now. The total annual

burden hours are 200.

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Average

Number of Number of burden/

Respondents respondents responses/ response

respondent (in hours)

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Hospices and Home Health Care Agencies................................... 1,200 1 0.166

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Wilma G. Johnson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 97-19892 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45 am]

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