[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45314-45315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21687]
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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, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to allow a proposed information collection
project: ``Primary Care Network Survey (PRINS)''. In accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act as amended (see in particular 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed
information collection request to allow AHRQ to conduct research in
primary care settings.
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on June 19, 2001 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 September 27, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Allison Eydt, Human
Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the request for OMB approval of the proposed
information collection. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia D. McMichael, AHRQ, Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 594-3132.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Primary Care Network Survey (PRINS)
As directed in its reauthorization legislation, AHRQ supports
activities designated to improve the capacity of practice-based
research networks (PBRNs) to conduct research in primary care settings.
A PBRN is a group of ambulatory practices devoted principally to the
primary care of patients, affiliated with each other in order to
investigate questions related to community-based practice. AHRQ has
recently established cooperative agreements with 19 PBRNs who have
specifically been asked to conduct
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network-defining surveys using a modified version of the 1999-2000
version of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
instrument. We will be dropping a couple of items included in the NAMCS
instrument.
Method of Collection
PRINS will provide a range of baseline data on the clinicians
enrolled in each network, the services provided, and characteristics of
patients receiving those services. Data to be collected include the
patients' demographic characteristics and reason(s) for visit, and the
providers' diagnosis(es) and diagnostic services, medications and
disposition.
These data may be used by the PBRN to define the network's capacity
to study specific clinical conditions seen in primary care, establish a
denominator for epidemoiological or surveillance studies, and stimulate
further research on the use, organization and delivery of primary care.
All identifiable data that is collected will be protected in accordance
with the AHRQ confidentiality statute, 42 USC 299c-3(c).
The estimated annual hour burden is as follows:
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Number of
respondents Number of forms/ Avg. burden/ Response
(clinicians) respondent form (in hrs) burden (hrs) =
(1) (2) (3) (1)*(2)*(3)*
(for rows 1 and
2)
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Intake Form................................. 1,000 1 .25 250
Patient Form................................ 1,000 30 .03 900
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Total................................... 1,000 31 .037 1.150
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To calculate the burden hours, the number of respondents for PRINS
is based on a sample of 1,000 clinicians who have agreed to advance to
participate. Each clinician fills out an intake form (which requires
about 15 minutes).
The same 1,000 then record (on separate forms) information about 30
consecutive patients seen in his/her practice (requiring less than 2
minutes per form to complete). The total cost to the volunteer
respondents is estimated to be $150,000 or $150 each.
Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) The necessity of the proposed
collections; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of burden
(including hours and cost) 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 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 request for OMB approval of the proposed
information collection. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
Copies of these proposed collection plans and instruments can be
obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer (see above).
Dated: August 21, 2001.
John M. Eisenberg,
Director.
[FR Doc. 01-21687 Filed 8-27-01; 8:45 am]
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