[Federal Register: November 24, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 226)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-05-0212]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-498-1210 or
send comments to Sandi Gambescia, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov.
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. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
National Hospital Discharge Survey (OMB No. 0920-0212)--Extension--
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
The National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) has been conducted
continuously by CDC, National Center for Health Statistics since 1965.
It is the principal source of data on inpatient utilization of short-
stay, non-Federal hospitals and is the only annual source of nationally
representative estimates on the characteristics of discharges, the
lengths of stay, diagnoses, surgical and non-surgical procedures, and
the patterns of use of care in hospitals in various regions of the
country. It is the benchmark against which special programmatic data
sources are compared. Data collected through the NHDS are essential for
evaluating the health status of the population, planning of programs
and policy to elevate the health status of the Nation, studying
morbidity trends, and research activities in the health field. NHDS
data have been used extensively in the development and monitoring of
goals for the Year 2000 and 2010 Health Objectives. In addition, NHDS
data provide annual updates for numerous tables in the Congressionally-
mandated NCHS report, Health, United States.
Data for the NHDS are collected annually on approximately 300,000
discharges from a nationally representative sample of noninstitutional
hospitals exclusive of Federal, military and Veterans' Administration
hospitals. The data items collected are the basic core of
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variables contained in the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS)
in addition to two data items (admission type and source) which are
identical to those needed for billing of inpatient services for
Medicare patients. In the 2003 NHDS, 426 hospitals participated. Data
for approximately forty-four percent of the responding hospitals (186)
are abstracted from medical records. The remaining hospitals supply
data through in-house tapes or printouts (80 hospitals) or are
hospitals that belong to commercial abstract service organizations or
state data systems (160 hospitals) from which electronic data files are
purchased. There is no actual cost to respondents since hospital staff
who actively participate in the data collection effort are compensated
by the government for their time.
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Average
Number of Number of burden/ Total burden
Medical record abstracts respondents responses/ response hours
(hospitals) respondent (in hrs.)
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Primary Procedure Hospitals............................. 62 250 5/60 1,292
Alternate Procedure Hospitals........................... 124 250 1/60 517
In-House Tape or Printout Hospitals..................... 80 12 12/60 192
Induction Forms......................................... 15 1 2 30
Non-response Study...................................... 50 1 2 100
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Total............................................... ............ ............ ............ 2,131
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Dated: November 12, 2004.
B. Kathy Skipper,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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