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its 42 topic areas. Healthy People 2020
reflects assessments of major risks to
health and wellness, changing public
health priorities, and emerging issues
related to our nation’s health,
preparedness, and prevention.
Public Participation at Meeting:
Members of the public are invited to
listen to the online Committee meeting.
There will be no opportunity for oral
public comments during the online
Committee meeting. Written comments,
however, can be e-mailed to
[email protected].
To listen to the Committee meeting,
individuals must pre-register to attend
at the Healthy People Web site located
at http://www.healthypeople.gov.
Participation in the meeting is limited.
Registrations will be accepted until
maximum WebEx capacity is reached
and must be completed by 9 a.m. EDT
on April 12, 2011. A waiting list will be
maintained should registrations exceed
WebEx capacity. Individuals on the
waiting list will be contacted as
additional space for the meeting
becomes available.
Registration questions may be
directed to Hilary Scherer at
[email protected] (e-mail), (301) 634–
9374 (phone) or (301) 634–9301 (fax).
Dated: March 21, 2011.
Carter Blakey,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion.
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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 for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project:
‘‘Questionnaire and Data Collection
Testing, Evaluation, and Research for
the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality.’’ In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.
3501–3520, AHRQ invites the public to
comment on this proposed information
collection.

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This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on January 12th, 2011 and
allowed 60 days for public comment.
One comment was 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 April 25, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by email at [email protected]
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer).
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
e-mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposed Project
Questionnaire and Data Collection
Testing, Evaluation, and Research for
the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) requests that the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) re-approve generic pre-testing
clearance 0935–0124 for three years to
facilitate AHRQ’s efforts to (1) Employ
evaluation-type methods and techniques
to improve AHRQ’s current data
collection and estimation procedures,
(2) develop new collections and
procedures, including toolkits, and (3)
revise existing collections and
procedures. AHRQ uses techniques to
simplify data collection and estimation
procedures, reduce respondent burden,
and improve efficiencies to meet the
needs of individuals and small business
respondents who may have reduced
budgets and staff. AHRQ believes that
developing, testing, and evaluating data
collection and estimation procedures
using survey methods and other
techniques in anticipation of agencysponsored studies can improve its
information collection efforts and the
products it develops and allow AHRQ to
be more responsive to fast-changing
developments in the healthcare research
field.
This clearance request is limited to
research on data collection, toolkit
development, and estimation
procedures and reports and does not
extend to the collection of data for
public release or policy formation. The

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current clearance was granted on April
3rd, 2008 and expires on April 30th,
2011.
This generic clearance will allow
AHRQ to draft and test toolkits, survey
instruments and other data collection
and estimation procedures more quickly
and with greater lead time, thereby
managing project time more efficiently
and improving the quality of the data
AHRQ collects. In some instances, the
ability to test and evaluate toolkits, data
collection and estimation procedures in
anticipation of work or early in a project
may result in the decision not to
proceed with additional activities,
thereby saving both public and private
resources and effectively eliminating
respondent burden.
Many of the tools AHRQ develops are
made available to the private sector to
assist in improving health care quality.
The health and health care environment
changes rapidly and requires a quick
response from AHRQ to provide refined
tools. This generic clearance will
facilitate AHRQ’s response to this
changing environment.
These preliminary research activities
will not be used by AHRQ to regulate
or sanction its customers. They will be
entirely voluntary and the
confidentiality of respondents and their
responses will be preserved. Proposed
information collections submitted under
this generic clearance will be reviewed
and acted upon by OMB within 14 days
of submission to OMB.
Method of Collection
The information collected through
preliminary research activities will be
used by AHRQ to employ techniques to
(1) Improve AHRQ’ s current data
collection and estimation procedures,
(2) develop new collections and
procedures, including toolkits, and (3)
revise existing collections and
procedures in anticipation or in
response to changes in the health or
health care field. The end result will be
improvement in AHRQ’s data
collections and procedures and the
quality of data collected, a reduction or
minimization of respondent burden,
increased agency efficiency, and
improved responsiveness to the public.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden
hours, over the full 3 years of this
clearance, for the respondents’ time to
participate in the research activities that
may be conducted under this generic
clearance. Mail surveys will be
conducted with about 6,000 persons
(2,000 per year for 3 years) and are
estimated to average 20 minutes. Mail
surveys may also be sent to respondents

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via e-mail, and may include a telephone
non-response follow-up. Telephone
non-response follow-up for mailed
surveys is not counted as a telephone
survey in Exhibit 1. Not more than 600
persons, over 3 years, will participate in
telephone surveys that will take about
40 minutes. Web-based surveys will be
conducted with no more than 3,000
persons and will require no more than

10 minutes to complete. About 1,500
persons will participate in focus groups
which may last up to two hours, while
in-person interviews will be conducted
with 600 persons and will take about 1
hour. Automated data collection will be
conducted for about 1,500 persons and
could take up to 1 hour. Cognitive
testing will be conducted with about
600 persons and is estimated to take 1⁄2;

hours to complete. The total burden
over 3 years is estimated to be 8,900
hours (about 2,967 hours per year).
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost
burden over 3 years, based on the
respondent’s time to participate in these
research activities. The total cost burden
is estimated to be $298,239.

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS OVER 3 YEARS
Number of
respondents

Type of information collection

Number of
responses per
respondent

Hours per
response

Total burden
hours

Mail/e-mail * ..............................................................................................
Telephone ................................................................................................
Web-based ...............................................................................................
Focus Groups ..........................................................................................
In-person ..................................................................................................
Automated ** ............................................................................................
Cognitive Testing *** ................................................................................

6,000
600
3,000
1,500
600
1,500
600

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

20/60
40/60
10/60
2.0
1.0
1.0
1.5

2,000
400
500
3,000
600
1,500
900

Totals ................................................................................................

13,800

na

na

8,900

* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.
** May include testing of database software, CAPI software or other automated technologies.
*** May include cognitive interviews for questionnaire or toolkit development, or ‘‘think aloud’’ testing of prototype Web sites.

EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN OVER 3 YEARS
Number of
respondents

Type of information collection

Total burden
hours

Average wage
rate *

Total cost
burden

Mail/e-mail ................................................................................................
Telephone ................................................................................................
Web-based ...............................................................................................
Focus Groups ..........................................................................................
In-person ..................................................................................................
Automated ................................................................................................
Cognitive Testing .....................................................................................

6,000
600
3,000
1,500
600
1,500
600

2,000
400
500
3,000
600
1,500
900

$33.51
33.51
33.51
33.51
33.51
33.51
33.51

$67,020
13,404
16,755
100,530
20,106
50,265
30,159

Totals ................................................................................................

13,800

8,900

na

298,239

* Based upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2009,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
Information collections conducted
under this generic clearance will in
some cases be carried out under
contract. Assuming four data collections
per year (either mail/e-mail, telephone,
Web-based or in-person) at an average
cost of $150,000 each, and two focus
groups, automated data collections or
lab experiments at an average cost of
$20,000 each, total contract costs could
be $640,000 per year.

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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 information is
necessary for the proper performance of
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healthcare 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 record.

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Dated: March 15, 2011.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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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 for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request

SUMMARY:

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