Pulling and Refiling Patient Records Pretest

PRETEST

ATTACHMENT I

Pulling and Refiling Records

OMB No. 0920-0278

Assurance of confidentiality – All information which would permit identification of an

individual, a practice, or an establishment will be held confidential, will be used for

statistical purposes only by NCHS staff, contractors, and agents only when required and

with necessary controls, and will not be disclosed or released to other persons without

the consent of the individual or establishment in accordance with section 308(d) of the

Public Health Service Act (42 USC 242m) and the Confidential Information Protection

and Statistical Efficiency Act (PL-107-347).

Notice – Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average

1 minute per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the

collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not

required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a current valid OMB

control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing burden to: CDC/ATSDR

Information Collection Review Office, 1600 Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA 30333,

ATTN: PRA (0920-0278).

We estimate that approximately 40 ambulatory units will participate in NHAMCS, but will ask Census abstractors to complete the Patient Record forms. The average burden for these respondents is one minute for each form, which includes simply pulling and re-filing the medical records. Each ambulatory unit will submit forms on 10 patients, which makes the total burden for each ambulatory unit approximately 10 minutes.