[Federal Register: July 14, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 134)]
[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
National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request, the Athersoclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC)
SUMMARY: 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 National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will
publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Proposed Collection
Title: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC).Type of
Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved
collection (OMB No. 0925-0281). Need and Use of Information Collection:
This project involves annual follow-up by telephone of participants in
the ARIC study, review of their medical records, and interviews with
doctors and family to identify disease occurrence. Interviewers will
contact doctors and hospitals to ascertain participants' cardiovascular
events. Information gathered will be used to further describe the risk
factors, occurrence rates, and consequences of cardiovascular disease
in middle aged and older men and women. Frequency of Response: The
participants will be contacted annually. Affected Public: Individuals
or households; Businesses or other for profit; Small businesses or
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organizations. Type of Respondents: Individuals or households; doctors
and staff of hospitals and nursing homes.
The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of
Respondents: 15,113; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0;
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 0.2479; and Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours Requested: 3,746. The annualized cost to respondents is
estiamted at $41,453, assuming respondents time at the rate of $10 per
hour and physician time at the rate of $75 per hour. There are no
Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Estimate of Annual Hour Burden
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Number of Frequency of Average time per Annual hour
Type of Response respondents response response burden
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Participant Follow-up............... 14,488 1.0 0.2500 3,622
Physician, hospital, nursing home 245 1.0 0.2500 61
staff \1\..........................
Participant's next-of-kin \1\....... 380 1.0 0.1667 63
Total........................... 15,113 1.0 0.2479 3,746
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\1\ Annual burden is placed on doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, and respondents relatives/informants through
requests for information which will hep in the compilation of the number and nature of new fatal and nonfatal
events.
Request for Comments
Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performanace of the function of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the
use of appropriate atomated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, contact Dr. Paul Sorlie, Project Officer, National
Institutes of Health, NHLBI, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934, Bethesda,
MD 20892-7934, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0456 or e-mail
your request, including your address to: SorlieP@nhlbi.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date
Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of
having their full effect if received within 60 days of the date of
publication.
Dated: July 3, 2003.
Peter Savage,
Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications.
[FR Doc. 03-17649 Filed 7-11-03; 8:45 am]
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