[Federal Register: July 21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 139)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1891.
    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.

Proposed Project: Year 2000 Community Health Center and National 
Health Service Corps User/Visit Survey (OMB No. 0915-0185)

    The purpose of this study is to conduct a sample survey which has 
three components: (1) A pilot study, including an evaluation of both 
retrospective and prospective sampling methodologies; (2) a personal 
interview survey of Community Health Center (CHC) and National Health 
Service Corps (NHSC) site users; and (3) a record-based study of visits 
to CHCs and NHSC sites. CHCs and NHSC sites serve predominantly poor 
minority medically underserved populations. The proposed user and visit 
survey will collect in-depth information about CHC and NHSC site users, 
their health status, the reasons they seek care, their diagnoses, and 
the services utilized in a medical encounter.
    The Year 2000 User/Visit Survey builds on a 1995 User/Visit Survey 
which was conducted to learn about the process and outcomes of care in 
CHC users. The 1995 User/Visit Survey included a personal interview of 
approximately 2000 users of 48 selected CHCs as well as medical record 
abstractions for about 3000 visits to these same health centers. The 
interview questionnaire was derived from the National Health Interview 
Survey (NHIS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics 
(NCHS) and the visit survey was an adaptation of the NCHS National 
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). Conformance with the 
NHIS and NHAMCS allowed comparisons between these NCHS surveys and the 
User/Visit Survey.
    The Year 2000 User/Visit Survey was developed using similar 
questionnaire methodology in conjunction with a contractor and will 
allow longitudinal comparisons for CHCs with the 1995 version of the 
survey data, including monitoring of process outcomes over time. The 
Year 2000 User/Visit Survey is the first year that NHSC non-grantee, 
freestanding sites will be surveyed.
    The estimated response burden for the pilot test is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
          Pilot survey              respondents     respondent      respondents      response          hours
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CHCs............................             350               1             350             1.3             455
NHSC............................             150               1             150             1.3             195
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............             500  ..............             650
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    The estimated response burden for the main survey is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Main survey              respondents     respondent      respondents      response          hours
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CHCs............................            2300               1            2300             1.3            2990
NHSC............................            1000               1            1000             1.3            1300
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............            3300  ..............            4290
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: July 14, 1999.
James J. Corrigan,
Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
[FR Doc. 99-18584 Filed 7-20-99; 8:45 am]
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