NCHS will continue to update OMB regularly regarding challenges with and progress toward recruiting hospitals and their ability to efficiently transfer data to NCHS, as well as its progress on developing the sampling frame for free standing ambulatory care facilities.
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2022
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2019
6,482
0
7,458
7,080
0
8,232
0
0
0
The goal of the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) is to assess the health of the population through the creation of a dataset that contains information on health care utilization as well as the demographic characteristics, medical conditions, and treatment of patients who use hospitals for inpatient and ambulatory medical care in the United States. This Revision requests the following:
⢠Continue recruitment of hospitals in the sample for the NHCS.
⢠Continue the collection of hospital-level data through an initial intake questionnaire and an Annual Hospital Interview for all sampled hospitals.
⢠Continue the collection of electronic data on inpatient discharges as well as Emergency Department (ED) and Outpatient Department (OPD)
visits through the collection of Electronic Health Record (EHR) data, UB-04 claims, or a state file.
⢠Continue collection of substance-involved ED visit data through the ED component.
⢠Eliminate the âAnnual Ambulatory Hospital Interviewâ (578 hours of burden) administered as part of medical record abstraction of a sample of
ED and OPD visits.
⢠Postpone frame development for free-standing ambulatory care facilities.
⢠Continue to make relatively minor additions, deletions, and changes to the survey through the use of non-substantive change submissions.
US Code:
42 USC 242k
Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
Revision of 0920-0212 (NHCS) results in a net decrease of 1,152 Burden Hours due to the removal of the Annual Ambulatory Hospital Interview (578 hours); reduction of the number of hospitals receiving the Intake Questionnaire (10 hours) or Recruitment Survey Presentation (10 hours); and a decrease in the number of hospitals transmitting UB-04 claims (984 hours). There were 430 hours added as a result of more hospitals in the sample submitting EHR data (396 hours) and the slight increase in sample size requiring more hospitals to complete the Annual Hospital Interview (34 hours).
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.
Form 0920-0212 Initial Hospital Intake Questionnaire
Att M - Summary Update.docx
Att G - ERB Approval Notice for NHCS.pdf
Att A - Legislative Authority to Collect Data on Hospital Utilization.rtf
Initial Hospital Intake Questionnaire