[Federal Register: February 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 29)]
[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
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency Information
Collection Activities
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) allow the proposed information collection
project: ``Pilot Study of Proposed Nursing Home Survey on Resident
Safety.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public to
comment on this proposed information collection.
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on December 12th, 2006 and allowed 60 days for
public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by March 15, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Room 5036,
Rockville, MD 20850, or by e-mail at doris.lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection
instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be
obtained from AHRQ's Reports Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ, Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
``Pilot Study of Proposed Nursing Home Survey on Resident Safety''
The activity is an expansion and refinement of AHRQ's Hospital
Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) which was developed and
released to the public for use in November 2004. This proposed new tool
is based on the HSOPSC but also contains new and revised items as well
as dimensions that more accurately apply to the nursing home setting.
The instrument will be pilot tested with staff in 40 nursing homes. The
data collected will be analyzed to determine the psychometric
properties of the survey's items and dimensions and provide information
for the revision and shortening of the final survey based on an
assessment of its reliability and construct validity. The final survey
will be made publicly available to enable nursing homes to assess their
resident safety culture.
Methods of Collection
A purposive sample of 40 nursing homes will be recruited and
selected. These nursing homes will represent a distribution of bed
size, nature of ownership (non-profit/for-profit), urbanicity (urban/
rural), and geographic region of the United States. Recruited nursing
homes will be allocated to each category in numbers roughly
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proportionate to the national distribution of homes in each category.
All employees, contractors and agency staff in all job classes in
nursing homes with up to 200 employees will be asked to respond to the
survey. In nursing homes with more than 200 employees, a random sample
of 200 employees will be selected. Since not all nursing home staff
have access to or are familiar with e-mail or the internet, paper
surveys will be administered. Standard non-response follow-up
techniques such as reminder postcards and distribution of a second
survey will be used. Individuals and organizations contacted will be
assured of the confidentiality of their replies under Section 924(c) of
the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
The survey will be distributed to approximately 5,500 nursing home
employees, with a target response rate of 70%, or 3,850 returned
surveys. Respondents should take approximately 15 minutes to complete
the survey. Therefore, we estimate that the respondent burden for
completing the survey will be 963 hours (3,850 completes multiplied by
0.25 hours per completed survey).
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Number of Estimated time Estimated total
Type of respondent Number of responses per per respondent respondent burden
respondents respondent (hours) hours
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Nursing home staff member........... 3,850 1 0.25 963
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Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal Government
The total cost to the Government for developing this survey is
approximately $319,000, and is being funded solely by AHRQ. This
estimate includes the costs of a background literature review, survey
development, cognitive testing, pilot data collection, data analysis,
and preparation of final deliverables and reports.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited Paperwork Reduction Act
legislation, comments on AHRQ's information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of infomation is necessary for the proper performance of
AHRQ health care research and health care information dissemination
functions, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of AHRQ's estimate of burden (including hours
and costs) of the proposed collection(s) 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 upon the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the Agency's subsequent request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection. All comments will become a matter of
public period.
Dated: January 23, 2007.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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