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Dated: April 17, 2009.
Al Matera,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0302]
Agency Information Collection
Request. 60-Day Public Comment
Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary (OS), Department
of Health and Human Services, is
publishing the following summary of a
proposed information collection request
for public comment. Interested persons
are invited to send comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect
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(Extension)—OMB No. 0990–0302—
Office of the Secretary/Office of Public
Health and Science/Office of the
Surgeon General/Office of the Civilian
Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (OS/
OPHS/OSG/OCVMRC).
Abstract: Medical Reserve Corps units
are currently located in over 800
communities across the United States,
and represent a resource of more than
170,000 volunteers. In order to continue
supporting the MRC units in
communities across the United States,
and to continue planning for future
emergencies that are national in scope,
detailed information about the MRC
units, including unit demographics,
contact information (regular and
emergency), volunteer numbers, and
information about activities is needed
by the Office of the Civilian Volunteer
Medical Reserve Corps (OCVMRC).
MRC Unit Leaders are asked to update
this information on the MRC Web site
at least quarterly, and to participate in
a Technical Assistance Assessment at
least annually. The MRC unit data
collected has not changed. This OMB
extension request is for 3 years.
of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects:
(1) The necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, e-mail your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and OS document
identifier, to
Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202)
690–6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be directed
to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer
at the above e-mail address within 60days.
Proposed Project: Medical Reserve
Corps Unit Profile and Reports
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Type of respondent
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
MRC Unit Leader .............................................................................................
803
6
1.0
4,818
Seleda Perryman,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance
Officer, Office of the Secretary.
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Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
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AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: 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 under the
project: ‘‘Evaluation of AHRQ’s Effective
Health Care Program.’’ In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
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1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public
to comment on this proposed
information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by June 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at doris.lefkowitz@ahrg.hhs.gov.
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 doris.lefkowitz@ahrg.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
‘‘Evaluation of AHRQ’s Effective Health
Care Program’’
AHRQ proposes to perform an
evaluation of the Effective Health Care
(EHC) program’s governance structure,
methods for engaging stakeholders and
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approaches to setting national research
priorities. Pursuant to Section 1013 of
the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003, Pub. L. 108–173, the EHC program
was established by AHRQ to conduct
research, demonstrations, and
evaluations designed to improve the
quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of
Medicare, Medicaid, and the State
Children’s Health Insurance Program.
The EHC program was designed to
provide effectiveness and comparative
effectiveness evidence of medical
treatments, therapeutics, devices and
drugs to assist policymakers, health care
providers, clinicians, consumers, and
other stakeholders in making informed
decisions. The EHC program has offered
a platform for combining explicit
reviews of scientific evidence on the
clinical effectiveness of pharmaceuticals
and other health care interventions, as
well as the translation and
dissemination of scientific findings into
meaningful messages for a wide variety
of audiences. It serves as an interface
between the clinical research entities
and health policy making entities. This
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program also provides a critical step in
AHRQ’s mission to support informed
decision making. In addition to its
program staff, the EHC program relies
on four centers to generate and
disseminate evidences: the Evidencebased Practice Centers (EPCs), the
Developing Evidence to Inform
Decisions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE)
Network Centers, the John M. Eisenberg
Clinical Decisions and Communications
Science Center, and the Centers for
Education & Research on Therapeutics
(CERTs). Since the process of
developing and disseminating this
evidence is a complex undertaking,
AHRQ has contracted with IMPAQ
International, LLC and Abt Associates,
Inc. (henceforth referred to as the
‘‘IMPAQ team’’) to perform this
evaluation.
Information will be collected to
identify strengths and weaknesses in the
current EHC program’s governance
structure, methods for engaging
stakeholders, and approaches to setting
priorities for the research conducted by
the EHC program. The second phase of
the evaluation will be to contrast the
EHC program with international
programs of similar purpose. To
implement this evaluation, the IMPAQ
team will conduct the following
information collections:
(1) Key informant interviews about
the governance structure of the EHC
program;
(2) An online survey of EHC center
staff and EHC program users and
stakeholders;
(3) An Appreciative Inquiry workshop
with EHC program staff and
stakeholders;
(4) A document review (will not
impose a burden on research
participants) and
(5) Interviews with staff at
international organizations of similar
purpose (will not impose a burden on
U.S. citizens).
The latter two activities do not require
OMB approval and are not discussed
further in this notice. The information
collected will ultimately be used to
develop a roadmap, including at least
three alternative models of governance
and operation, to be submitted to AHRQ
that could be used to help guide future
programmatic development.
Method of Data Collection
Key Informant Interviews
Semi-structured key informant
interviews will be used to understand
the EHC program’s governance
components and structure, from the
vantage point of individuals governing
the program, governed by the program,
contributing to the program in various
capacities, or impacted by the program’s
activities. Thirteen EHC Research
Centers Staff, two EHC Stakeholder
Group Members, and nineteen EHC
Program Users and Stakeholders will be
interviewed about the governance
structure of the EHC program.
Additional key informant interviews
with twenty five EHC Program Users
and Stakeholders will be used to collect
more detailed information on the
success or impact of the EHC program
product that results from its governance
element or approach, or about a specific,
important governance element.
All key informant interviews will be
tape recorded to improve data capture,
with prior permission from the
participants.
Online Survey
A structured, web-based online
survey of EHC program Research
Centers Staff and EHC program Users
and Stakeholders will be used to gather
information about the EHC program.
The survey will provide a robust view
of the EHC governance system by
providing feedback from a broad group
of individuals whose work is related to
the program. Specifically, the survey
will collect data about these
individuals’ engagement and
involvement with the EHC program;
perceptions of the program’s
governance; experiences with the
development, production,
dissemination, and use of EHC
products; and their beliefs regarding the
quality and nature of the collaborative
work, including public-private
partnerships, being done within centers,
across centers, and between centers and
stakeholders.
Appreciative Inquiry Workshop
Small- and large-group discussions as
part of an Appreciative Inquiry
workshop will be designed to encourage
EHC decision-makers (AHRQ staff, EHC
program staff, AHRQ project officers for
each of the Research Center networks,
principal investigators or other
representatives from each of the
Research Center networks) and key
program stakeholders or users to
consider and decide which are the
preferred alternative governance models
or elements for which roadmaps should
be developed. Appreciative Inquiry (AI)
approach is an organizational
development process that engages
individuals within an organization in
renewal, change, and focused
performance. The AI approach focuses
on successes and opportunities to
improve things by looking forward,
rather than looking back on the
problems or issues. The AI workshop is
expected to facilitate consensus among
decision-makers to contribute to the
endorsement of the roadmap(s), and to
encourage utilization of the evaluation
findings. The workshop will involve a
creative thinking process that will build
on existing successes, identify and rank
preferred alternatives, and ultimately
develop a plan to strengthen the EHC
program’s governance system.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden hours for the
respondents to participate in this
evaluation. Key informant interviews
will be conducted about the governance
structure of the EHC program and will
last about one hour. The on-line survey
will be completed by 95 EHC program
Research Centers Staff and 170 EHC
Program Users and Stakeholders and
will require about 15 minutes to
complete. The Appreciative Inquiry
workshop will be conducted with 20
participants and will last about 6 hours.
The total burden hours are estimated to
be 246 hours. Exhibit 2 shows the
estimated annualized cost burden based
on the respondents’ time to participate
in the evaluation. The total cost burden
is estimated to be $6,137.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
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Key Informant Interviews with EHC Research Centers Staff ..........
Online Survey with EHC Research Centers Staff ...........................
Key Informant Interviews with EHC Stakeholder Group Members
Key Informant Interviews with EHC Program Users and Stakeholders ..........................................................................................
Online Survey with EHC Program Users and Stakeholders ...........
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responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Activity name
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response
Total burden
hours
13
95
2
1
15/60
1
13
24
2
19
170
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1
1
1
1
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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Activity name
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Key Informant Interviews with EHC Program Users and Stakeholders to Develop Cases ............................................................
Appreciative Inquiry Workshop ........................................................
25
20
1
1
1
6
25
120
Total ..........................................................................................
344
(1)
(1)
246
1 Not
applicable.
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Activity name
Total burden
hours
Average hourly
wage rate *
Total cost burden
Key Informant Interviews with EHC Research Centers Staff ..........
Online Survey with EHC Research Centers Staff ...........................
Key Informant Interviews with EHC Stakeholder Group Members
Key Informant Interviews with EHC Program Users and Stakeholders ..........................................................................................
Online Survey with EHC Program Users and Stakeholders ...........
Key Informant Interviews with EHC Program Users and Stakeholders to Develop Cases ............................................................
Appreciative Inquiry Workshop ........................................................
13
95
2
13
24
2
$54.27
54.27
43.52
$706
1,302
87
19
170
19
43
46.73
46.73
888
2009
25
20
25
120
46.73
51.14
1,168
6,137
Total ..........................................................................................
344
246
(1)
12,297
* Wage rates were calculated using the following data: (1) For the Governance Interviews and the Online Survey with EHC Research Centers
Staff the hourly rate is a weighted average for physicians ($58.76 per hour) and medical and health services managers ($37.82); (2) for the Governance Interviews with EHC Stakeholder Group Members the hourly rate is the rate for average for medical and health services managers
($37.82); (3) for the Governance Interviews and the Online Survey with EHC Program Users and Stakeholders the hourly rate is a weighted average for physicians ($58.76 per hour), general and operations managers ($43.52 per hour), medical and health services managers ($37.82 per
hour), and social and community service managers ($24.73 per hour); (4) for the Workshop the hourly rate is a weighted average for physicians
($58.76 per hour) and general and operations managers ($43.52 per hour) from the mean of the average wages, National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States 2006, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
1 Not applicable.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal
Government
Exhibit 3 shows the estimated cost of
this one year data collection for the
evaluation of the EHC program,
including the cost of developing the
methodology and data collection
instruments, collecting and analyzing
the data, publishing the results, etc. The
work will be carried out by IMPAQ
International and Abt Associates under
contract to the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.
EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED ANNUAL
COST * TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Total cost
Project Development ....................
Data Collection Activities ..............
Data Processing and Analysis .....
Publication of Results ...................
Project Management ....................
$137,901
179,172
170,577
63,686
97,236
Total .......................................
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Cost component
648,572
* Please note the costs include fully loaded
costs (overhead, G&A).
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
AHRQ health care research and health
care 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.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the above-cited
Paperwork Reduction Act legislation,
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Dated: April 15, 2009.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: 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:
‘‘Building an Implementation Toolset
for E-Prescribing.’’ In accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public
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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: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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
under the project: ``Evaluation of AHRQ's Effective Health Care
Program.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public to
comment on this proposed information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by e-mail at
doris.lefkowitz@ahrg.hhs.gov.
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
doris.lefkowitz@ahrg.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
``Evaluation of AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program''
AHRQ proposes to perform an evaluation of the Effective Health Care
(EHC) program's governance structure, methods for engaging stakeholders
and approaches to setting national research priorities. Pursuant to
Section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003, Pub. L. 108-173, the EHC program was
established by AHRQ to conduct research, demonstrations, and
evaluations designed to improve the quality, effectiveness, and
efficiency of Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health
Insurance Program. The EHC program was designed to provide
effectiveness and comparative effectiveness evidence of medical
treatments, therapeutics, devices and drugs to assist policymakers,
health care providers, clinicians, consumers, and other stakeholders in
making informed decisions. The EHC program has offered a platform for
combining explicit reviews of scientific evidence on the clinical
effectiveness of pharmaceuticals and other health care interventions,
as well as the translation and dissemination of scientific findings
into meaningful messages for a wide variety of audiences. It serves as
an interface between the clinical research entities and health policy
making entities. This
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program also provides a critical step in AHRQ's mission to support
informed decision making. In addition to its program staff, the EHC
program relies on four centers to generate and disseminate evidences:
the Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs), the Developing Evidence to
Inform Decisions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE) Network Centers, the John
M. Eisenberg Clinical Decisions and Communications Science Center, and
the Centers for Education & Research on Therapeutics (CERTs). Since the
process of developing and disseminating this evidence is a complex
undertaking, AHRQ has contracted with IMPAQ International, LLC and Abt
Associates, Inc. (henceforth referred to as the ``IMPAQ team'') to
perform this evaluation.
Information will be collected to identify strengths and weaknesses
in the current EHC program's governance structure, methods for engaging
stakeholders, and approaches to setting priorities for the research
conducted by the EHC program. The second phase of the evaluation will
be to contrast the EHC program with international programs of similar
purpose. To implement this evaluation, the IMPAQ team will conduct the
following information collections:
(1) Key informant interviews about the governance structure of the
EHC program;
(2) An online survey of EHC center staff and EHC program users and
stakeholders;
(3) An Appreciative Inquiry workshop with EHC program staff and
stakeholders;
(4) A document review (will not impose a burden on research
participants) and
(5) Interviews with staff at international organizations of similar
purpose (will not impose a burden on U.S. citizens).
The latter two activities do not require OMB approval and are not
discussed further in this notice. The information collected will
ultimately be used to develop a roadmap, including at least three
alternative models of governance and operation, to be submitted to AHRQ
that could be used to help guide future programmatic development.
Method of Data Collection
Key Informant Interviews
Semi-structured key informant interviews will be used to understand
the EHC program's governance components and structure, from the vantage
point of individuals governing the program, governed by the program,
contributing to the program in various capacities, or impacted by the
program's activities. Thirteen EHC Research Centers Staff, two EHC
Stakeholder Group Members, and nineteen EHC Program Users and
Stakeholders will be interviewed about the governance structure of the
EHC program.
Additional key informant interviews with twenty five EHC Program
Users and Stakeholders will be used to collect more detailed
information on the success or impact of the EHC program product that
results from its governance element or approach, or about a specific,
important governance element.
All key informant interviews will be tape recorded to improve data
capture, with prior permission from the participants.
Online Survey
A structured, web-based online survey of EHC program Research
Centers Staff and EHC program Users and Stakeholders will be used to
gather information about the EHC program. The survey will provide a
robust view of the EHC governance system by providing feedback from a
broad group of individuals whose work is related to the program.
Specifically, the survey will collect data about these individuals'
engagement and involvement with the EHC program; perceptions of the
program's governance; experiences with the development, production,
dissemination, and use of EHC products; and their beliefs regarding the
quality and nature of the collaborative work, including public-private
partnerships, being done within centers, across centers, and between
centers and stakeholders.
Appreciative Inquiry Workshop
Small- and large-group discussions as part of an Appreciative
Inquiry workshop will be designed to encourage EHC decision-makers
(AHRQ staff, EHC program staff, AHRQ project officers for each of the
Research Center networks, principal investigators or other
representatives from each of the Research Center networks) and key
program stakeholders or users to consider and decide which are the
preferred alternative governance models or elements for which roadmaps
should be developed. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach is an
organizational development process that engages individuals within an
organization in renewal, change, and focused performance. The AI
approach focuses on successes and opportunities to improve things by
looking forward, rather than looking back on the problems or issues.
The AI workshop is expected to facilitate consensus among decision-
makers to contribute to the endorsement of the roadmap(s), and to
encourage utilization of the evaluation findings. The workshop will
involve a creative thinking process that will build on existing
successes, identify and rank preferred alternatives, and ultimately
develop a plan to strengthen the EHC program's governance system.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden hours for the
respondents to participate in this evaluation. Key informant interviews
will be conducted about the governance structure of the EHC program and
will last about one hour. The on-line survey will be completed by 95
EHC program Research Centers Staff and 170 EHC Program Users and
Stakeholders and will require about 15 minutes to complete. The
Appreciative Inquiry workshop will be conducted with 20 participants
and will last about 6 hours. The total burden hours are estimated to be
246 hours. Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden based
on the respondents' time to participate in the evaluation. The total
cost burden is estimated to be $6,137.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of
Activity name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Key Informant Interviews with EHC 13 1 1 13
Research Centers Staff.................
Online Survey with EHC Research Centers 95 1 15/60 24
Staff..................................
Key Informant Interviews with EHC 2 1 1 2
Stakeholder Group Members..............
Key Informant Interviews with EHC 19 1 1 19
Program Users and Stakeholders.........
Online Survey with EHC Program Users and 170 1 15/60 43
Stakeholders...........................
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Key Informant Interviews with EHC 25 1 1 25
Program Users and Stakeholders to
Develop Cases..........................
Appreciative Inquiry Workshop........... 20 1 6 120
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Total............................... 344 (\1\) (\1\) 246
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\1\ Not applicable.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Number of Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Activity name respondents hours wage rate * burden
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Key Informant Interviews with EHC 13 13 $54.27 $706
Research Centers Staff.................
Online Survey with EHC Research Centers 95 24 54.27 1,302
Staff..................................
Key Informant Interviews with EHC 2 2 43.52 87
Stakeholder Group Members..............
Key Informant Interviews with EHC 19 19 46.73 888
Program Users and Stakeholders.........
Online Survey with EHC Program Users and 170 43 46.73 2009
Stakeholders...........................
Key Informant Interviews with EHC 25 25 46.73 1,168
Program Users and Stakeholders to
Develop Cases..........................
Appreciative Inquiry Workshop........... 20 120 51.14 6,137
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Total............................... 344 246 (\1\) 12,297
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* Wage rates were calculated using the following data: (1) For the Governance Interviews and the Online Survey
with EHC Research Centers Staff the hourly rate is a weighted average for physicians ($58.76 per hour) and
medical and health services managers ($37.82); (2) for the Governance Interviews with EHC Stakeholder Group
Members the hourly rate is the rate for average for medical and health services managers ($37.82); (3) for the
Governance Interviews and the Online Survey with EHC Program Users and Stakeholders the hourly rate is a
weighted average for physicians ($58.76 per hour), general and operations managers ($43.52 per hour), medical
and health services managers ($37.82 per hour), and social and community service managers ($24.73 per hour);
(4) for the Workshop the hourly rate is a weighted average for physicians ($58.76 per hour) and general and
operations managers ($43.52 per hour) from the mean of the average wages, National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States 2006, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
\1\ Not applicable.
Estimated Annual Costs to the Federal Government
Exhibit 3 shows the estimated cost of this one year data collection
for the evaluation of the EHC program, including the cost of developing
the methodology and data collection instruments, collecting and
analyzing the data, publishing the results, etc. The work will be
carried out by IMPAQ International and Abt Associates under contract to
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Exhibit 3--Estimated Annual Cost * to the Federal Government
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Total
Cost component cost
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Project Development.......................................... $137,901
Data Collection Activities................................... 179,172
Data Processing and Analysis................................. 170,577
Publication of Results....................................... 63,686
Project Management........................................... 97,236
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Total.................................................... 648,572
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* Please note the costs include fully loaded costs (overhead, G&A).
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
AHRQ health care research and health care 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.
Dated: April 15, 2009.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. E9-9245 Filed 4-23-09; 8:45 am]
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