SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION COLLECTION UNDER THE
Request for Approval under AHRQ’s Generic Clearance “Cognitive Testing of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Health Insurance Verification Module” (OMB Control Number: 0935-0124)
DATE OF REQUEST: April 17, 2017
SUB AGENCY (I/C): HHS/AHRQ
TITLE: The Re-engineered Visit for Primary Care
GENERIC CLEARANCE UNDER OMB#: 0935-0124 EXP. DATE: 11/30/2017
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this request is to cognitively pre-test the interviewer-administered 2018 health insurance verification module of questions, with a view to making any changes or adaptions to the questioning for administration in 2019 MEPS.
All data and estimates produced by surveys derive from questions. Pretesting of the survey questions is a credible way to ensure that questions accurately collect data consistently across respondent groups, in accordance with the objectives of the research. Pretesting ensures that a survey respondent is able to complete the survey questions easily and productively, and that the design of the questions, as well as the amount of time taken to complete them, does not cause unnecessary burden. Cognitive testing is a qualitative method routinely used in survey question pretesting. In cognitive testing, one-on-one interviews are conducted with a small-scale purposive sample of respondents chosen to reflect, as far as possible, the population under investigation. Cognitive interviewing techniques are designed to be used to determine if respondents understood specific terms and concepts; whether response categories were appropriate or complete, and whether questions were unambiguous and easily answered by respondents. This approach enables researchers to identify potential problems with questions that could be prone to measurement error when administered in a quantitative survey. This project contains two data collection instruments.
TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN APPROVED: 2967 Hours Per year
BURDEN USED TO DATE: 46 hours.
BURDEN THIS REQUEST: 77 hours.
FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $176,268_____.
IS RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA COLLECTED AS REQUIRED?
______YES ______ NO _____x_ N/A
OBLIGATION TO RESPOND:
___x__VOLUNTARY
______ REQUIRED TO OBTAIN OR RETAIN BENEFITS
______ MANDATORY
HOW WILL THIS SURVEY BE OFFERED?
______ WEB SITE
__ X_ TELEPHONE INTERVIEW
_____ MAIL RESPONSE [email]
___X_ IN PERSON INTERVIEW
_____ OTHER: ___________________________________
CONTACT INFORMATION:
NAME: _Marie Stagnitti________________________________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _ (301) 427-1469 _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] _________________________
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | Generic Clearance Form - 04/28/2008 |
| Subject | Generic Clearance Form - 04/28/2008 |
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| Last Modified By | Windows User |
| File Modified | 2017-04-24 |
| File Created | 2017-04-17 |