[Federal Register: April 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 64)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-07-06BD]
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 404-639-5960
and send comments to Joan Karr, CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer,
1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, 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
Economic Analysis of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program--New National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
CDC administers the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program (NBCCEDP) that provides critical breast and cervical
cancer screening services to underserved women in the United States,
the District of Columbia, 4 U.S. territories, and 13 American Indian/
Alaska Native organizations. The program provides breast and cervical
cancer screening for eligible women who participate in the program as
well as diagnostic procedures for women who have abnormal findings. For
the past decade, the NBCCEDP has provided over 5 million breast and
cervical cancer screening and diagnostic exams to almost 2.1 million
low-income women. Women diagnosed with cancer through the program are
eligible for Medicaid coverage through the Breast and Cervical Cancer
Prevention and Treatment Act passed by Congress in 2000.
The NBCCEDP is the largest organized cancer screening program in
the United States but to date there has been no systematic analysis of
the economic costs incurred by the program. CDC is proposing to collect
one year (period covering 07/01/2005-06/30/2006) of cost data from all
the 68 NBCCEDP grantees to assess the cost and cost-effectiveness of
the program. The information required to perform an activity-based cost
analysis includes: staff and consultant salaries, screening costs,
contracts and material costs, provider payments, in-kind contributions,
administrative costs, allocation of funds and staff time devoted to
specific program activities. CDC has developed and tested a draft
questionnaire with 9 NBCCEDP grantees to assess the ability of the
grantees to provide the cost data elements requested, identify the cost
information required, and to complete the questionnaire within the
allocated timeframe. The grantees were able to
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complete the questionnaire with the instructions provided.
The activity-based cost data provided by the 68 grantees will be
used to evaluate the programs to ensure the most appropriate use of
limited program resources. Performing an assessment of the resources
expended on NBCCEDP will provide valuable information to the CDC and it
partners for improving program efficiency within the various components
of the NBCCEDP including screening, case management, outreach, and
overall management. The detailed cost data will allow CDC to assess the
costs of the various program components, identify factors that impact
average cost, perform cost-effectiveness analysis and develop a
resource allocation tool. The collection and analysis of the cost data
will allow CDC to utilize a more systematic process to allocate program
resources based on grantees' past performance, level of efficiency, and
future needs.
Since information on screening and diagnosis volumes (the
effectiveness measures) are already collected as part of the Minimum
Data Elements (MDEs), the additional burden on grantees to provide the
requested cost data will be modest. If future cost data collection
efforts are undertaken, the response burden would be further reduced
because the infrastructure established to capture the data is already
in place.
There are no costs to respondents except their time to participate
in the survey.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number burden per Total burden
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Program Director.............. Cost Assessment 68 1 4 272
Tool.
Business Manager.............. ................ 68 1 4 272
Data Manager.................. ................ 68 1 14 952
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 1,496
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Dated: March 28, 2007.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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