The addition of new modules will be considered an ICR revision.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2014
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2012
111,395
0
128,161
9,999
0
12,194
0
0
0
This request is for the revision of an approved data collection (OMB No. 0920-0278), the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), to continue the survey activities for NHAMCS for 3 years and slightly modify survey activities. NHAMCS is a national survey of patient visits to emergency departments, outpatient departments, and ambulatory surgery locations of general and short-stay hospitals, as well as freestanding ambulatory surgery centers. We propose to revise NHAMCS for the purpose of converting data collection instruments from paper to computer-based instruments, adding 167 hospitals to the NHAMCS sample to make state-based estimates on emergency department characteristics, expanding the data collection to include a lookback module, conducting a colonoscopy supplement pretest, and making slight modifications to survey questions.
US Code:
42 USC 306
Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
Improved information technology will significantly reduce the burden for NHAMCS respondents when answering induction interview questions. Currently, completing the form requires a Census field representative (FR) to follow the flow of the form from front to back, navigating numerous skip patterns, adding information from complicated lists, and administering flash cards to the respondent. This process can be complicated and lengthy and involve numerous opportunities to enter incorrect data. Using a computer assisted interviewing instrument of the induction interview will allow FRs to skip unneeded questions, quickly populate write-in fields with drop-down menus, and eliminate the need for paper flash-cards that highlight item choices. In the end, we expect the time a respondent spends during the induction interview to be significantly reduced.
Approval to collect Patient Record forms (PRFs) data through an automated instrument is also requested. Use of a computerized data entry system for PRF data will significantly simplify the data collection activities by reducing data entry errors and omissions, as well as providing on-screen look-up tables for items such as reason for visit, diagnosis, and medications. Overall, using a computerized data entry system should reduce FR and respondent burden, and ultimately improve overall data quality. In addition, collecting the data electronically will speed editing, transmission, and processing, thereby making release of the yearly statistics more timely.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Ambulatory Unit Induction