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Dated: July 25, 2017.
Lorin S. Curit,
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Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy,
Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
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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 for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: ‘‘Generic
Clearance for Questionnaire and Data
Collection Testing, Evaluation, and
Research for the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.’’
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on April 28, 2017, and allowed
60 days for public comment. No
substantive comments were received.
The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by August 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by
email at OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk
officer).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Proposed Project
Generic Clearance for Questionnaire
and Data Collection Testing, Evaluation,
and Research for the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520,
AHRQ invites the public to comment on
this proposed information collection.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
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Quality (AHRQ) requests that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
reapprove generic pre-testing Clearance
0935–0124 for three years to facilitate
AHRQ’s efforts to (1) employ
evaluation-type methods and techniques
to improve AHRQ’s current data
collection and estimation procedures,
(2) develop new collections and
procedures, including toolkits, and (3)
revise existing collections and
procedures. AHRQ believes that
developing, testing, and evaluating data
collection and estimation procedures
using survey methods and other
techniques in anticipation of Agencysponsored studies can improve its
information collection efforts, and the
products it develops and allow AHRQ to
be more responsive to fast-changing
developments in the health care
research. AHRQ uses techniques to
simplify data collection and estimation
procedures, reduce respondent burden,
and improve efficiencies to meet the
needs of individuals and small business
respondents who may have reduced
budgets and staff.
This clearance request is limited to
research on data collection, toolkit
development, and estimation
procedures and reports and does not
extend to the collection of data for
public release or policy formation. The
current Clearance (0935–0124) was
granted on November 12, 2014, and
expires on November 30, 2017.
This generic clearance will allow
AHRQ to draft and test toolkits, survey
instruments and other data collection
and estimation procedures more quickly
and with greater lead time, thereby
managing project time more efficiently
and improving the quality of the data
AHRQ collects. In some instances, the
ability to test and evaluate toolkits, data
collection and estimation procedures in
anticipation of work or early in a project
may result in the decision not to
proceed with additional activities,
which could save both public and
private resources and eliminate
respondent burden.
This generic clearance will facilitate
AHRQ’s response to a changing
environment. Many of the tools AHRQ
develops are made available to the
private sector to assist in improving
health care quality. The health and
health care environment changes
rapidly and requires a quick response
from AHRQ to provide refined tools.
These preliminary research activities
will not be used by AHRQ to regulate
or sanction its customers. They will be
entirely voluntary and the
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confidentiality of respondents and their
responses will be preserved. Proposed
information collections submitted under
this generic clearance will be submitted
for review by OMB with a response
expected in 14 days.
Method of Collection
The information collected through
preliminary research activities under
this generic clearance will be used by
AHRQ to employ techniques to (1)
improve AHRQ’s current data collection
and estimation procedures, (2) develop
new collections and procedures,
including toolkits, and (3) revise
existing collections and procedures in
anticipation or in response to changes in
the health or health care. The end result
will be improvement in AHRQ’s data
collections and procedures and the
quality of data collected, a reduction or
minimization of respondent burden,
increased agency efficiency, and
improved responsiveness to the public.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden
hours, over the full 3 years of this
clearance, for the respondents’ time to
participate in the research activities that
may be conducted under this generic
clearance. Mail surveys will be
conducted with about 6,000 persons
(2,000 per year for 3 years) and are
estimated to average 20 minutes. Mail
surveys may also be sent to respondents
via email, and may include a telephone
non-response follow-up. Telephone
non-response follow-up for mailed
surveys is not counted as a telephone
survey in Exhibit 1. Not more than 600
persons, over 3 years, will participate in
telephone surveys that will take about
40 minutes. Web-based surveys will be
conducted with no more than 3,000
persons and will require no more than
10 minutes to complete. About 1,500
persons will participate in focus groups
which may last up to two hours, while
in-person interviews will be conducted
with 600 persons and will take about 50
minutes. Automated data collection will
be conducted for about 1,500 persons
and could take up to 1 hour. Cognitive
testing will be conducted with about
600 persons and is estimated to take 11⁄2
hours to complete. The total burden
over 3 years is estimated to be 8,900
hours (about 2,967 hours per year).
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost
burden over 3 years, based on the
respondent’s time to participate in these
research activities. The total cost burden
is estimated to be $338,734.
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EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS OVER 3 YEARS
Number of
respondents
Type of information collection
Number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Mail/email * .......................................................................................................
Telephone ........................................................................................................
Web-based .......................................................................................................
Focus Groups ..................................................................................................
In-person ..........................................................................................................
Automated ** ....................................................................................................
Cognitive Testing *** ........................................................................................
6,000
600
3,000
1,500
600
1,500
600
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20/60
40/60
10/60
2.0
1.0
1.0
1.5
2,000
400
500
3,000
600
1,500
900
Totals ........................................................................................................
13,800
na
na
8,900
* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.
** May include testing of database software, CAPI software or other automated technologies.
*** May include cognitive interviews for questionnaire or toolkit development, or ‘‘think aloud’’ testing of prototype Web sites.
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED COST BURDEN OVER 3 YEARS
Number of
respondents
Type of information collection
Total burden
hours
Average
hourly
wage rate *
Total cost
burden
Mail/email .........................................................................................................
Telephone ........................................................................................................
Web-based .......................................................................................................
Focus Groups ..................................................................................................
In-person ..........................................................................................................
Automated ........................................................................................................
Cognitive Testing .............................................................................................
6,000
600
3,000
1,500
600
1,500
600
2,000
400
500
3,000
600
1,500
900
$38.06
38.06
38.06
38,06
38.06
38.06
38.06
$76,120
15,224
19,030
114,180
22,836
57,090
34,254
Totals ........................................................................................................
13,800
8,900
na
338,734
* Based upon the average wages for 29–000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ‘‘National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2016,’’ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_
nat.htm#29-0000.
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Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 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
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comments will become a matter of
public record.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Deputy Director.
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60 days for public comment. No
substantive comments were received;
however changes have been made to the
burden estimates in Exhibit 1, resulting
in an increase of 1,316 burden hours.
The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment.
Comments on this notice must be
received by August 28, 2017.
DATES:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) reapprove the proposed
information collection project: ‘‘Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance
Component.’’
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on April 28, 2017, and allowed
SUMMARY:
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Written comments should
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974
(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by
email at OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk
officer).
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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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
project: ``Generic Clearance for Questionnaire and Data Collection
Testing, Evaluation, and Research for the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.''
This proposed information collection was previously published in
the Federal Register on April 28, 2017, and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No substantive comments were received. The purpose of this
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: AHRQ's OMB Desk
Officer by fax at (202) 395-6974 (attention: AHRQ's desk officer) or by
email at OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ's desk officer).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Generic Clearance for Questionnaire and Data Collection Testing,
Evaluation, and Research for the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information
collection. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
requests that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reapprove
generic pre-testing Clearance 0935-0124 for three years to facilitate
AHRQ's efforts to (1) employ evaluation-type methods and techniques to
improve AHRQ's current data collection and estimation procedures, (2)
develop new collections and procedures, including toolkits, and (3)
revise existing collections and procedures. AHRQ believes that
developing, testing, and evaluating data collection and estimation
procedures using survey methods and other techniques in anticipation of
Agency-sponsored studies can improve its information collection
efforts, and the products it develops and allow AHRQ to be more
responsive to fast-changing developments in the health care research.
AHRQ uses techniques to simplify data collection and estimation
procedures, reduce respondent burden, and improve efficiencies to meet
the needs of individuals and small business respondents who may have
reduced budgets and staff.
This clearance request is limited to research on data collection,
toolkit development, and estimation procedures and reports and does not
extend to the collection of data for public release or policy
formation. The current Clearance (0935-0124) was granted on November
12, 2014, and expires on November 30, 2017.
This generic clearance will allow AHRQ to draft and test toolkits,
survey instruments and other data collection and estimation procedures
more quickly and with greater lead time, thereby managing project time
more efficiently and improving the quality of the data AHRQ collects.
In some instances, the ability to test and evaluate toolkits, data
collection and estimation procedures in anticipation of work or early
in a project may result in the decision not to proceed with additional
activities, which could save both public and private resources and
eliminate respondent burden.
This generic clearance will facilitate AHRQ's response to a
changing environment. Many of the tools AHRQ develops are made
available to the private sector to assist in improving health care
quality. The health and health care environment changes rapidly and
requires a quick response from AHRQ to provide refined tools.
These preliminary research activities will not be used by AHRQ to
regulate or sanction its customers. They will be entirely voluntary and
the confidentiality of respondents and their responses will be
preserved. Proposed information collections submitted under this
generic clearance will be submitted for review by OMB with a response
expected in 14 days.
Method of Collection
The information collected through preliminary research activities
under this generic clearance will be used by AHRQ to employ techniques
to (1) improve AHRQ's current data collection and estimation
procedures, (2) develop new collections and procedures, including
toolkits, and (3) revise existing collections and procedures in
anticipation or in response to changes in the health or health care.
The end result will be improvement in AHRQ's data collections and
procedures and the quality of data collected, a reduction or
minimization of respondent burden, increased agency efficiency, and
improved responsiveness to the public.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated burden hours, over the full 3 years
of this clearance, for the respondents' time to participate in the
research activities that may be conducted under this generic clearance.
Mail surveys will be conducted with about 6,000 persons (2,000 per year
for 3 years) and are estimated to average 20 minutes. Mail surveys may
also be sent to respondents via email, and may include a telephone non-
response follow-up. Telephone non-response follow-up for mailed surveys
is not counted as a telephone survey in Exhibit 1. Not more than 600
persons, over 3 years, will participate in telephone surveys that will
take about 40 minutes. Web-based surveys will be conducted with no more
than 3,000 persons and will require no more than 10 minutes to
complete. About 1,500 persons will participate in focus groups which
may last up to two hours, while in-person interviews will be conducted
with 600 persons and will take about 50 minutes. Automated data
collection will be conducted for about 1,500 persons and could take up
to 1 hour. Cognitive testing will be conducted with about 600 persons
and is estimated to take 1\1/2\ hours to complete. The total burden
over 3 years is estimated to be 8,900 hours (about 2,967 hours per
year).
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated cost burden over 3 years, based on
the respondent's time to participate in these research activities. The
total cost burden is estimated to be $338,734.
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Exhibit 1--Estimated Burden Hours Over 3 Years
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Number of
Type of information collection Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Mail/email *.................................... 6,000 1 20/60 2,000
Telephone....................................... 600 1 40/60 400
Web-based....................................... 3,000 1 10/60 500
Focus Groups.................................... 1,500 1 2.0 3,000
In-person....................................... 600 1 1.0 600
Automated **.................................... 1,500 1 1.0 1,500
Cognitive Testing ***........................... 600 1 1.5 900
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Totals...................................... 13,800 na na 8,900
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* May include telephone non-response follow-up in which case the burden will not change.
** May include testing of database software, CAPI software or other automated technologies.
*** May include cognitive interviews for questionnaire or toolkit development, or ``think aloud'' testing of
prototype Web sites.
Exhibit 2--Estimated Cost Burden Over 3 Years
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Average
Type of information collection Number of Total burden hourly wage Total cost
respondents hours rate * burden
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Mail/email...................................... 6,000 2,000 $38.06 $76,120
Telephone....................................... 600 400 38.06 15,224
Web-based....................................... 3,000 500 38.06 19,030
Focus Groups.................................... 1,500 3,000 38,06 114,180
In-person....................................... 600 600 38.06 22,836
Automated....................................... 1,500 1,500 38.06 57,090
Cognitive Testing............................... 600 900 38.06 34,254
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 13,800 8,900 na 338,734
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* Based upon the average wages for 29-000 (Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations), ``National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, May 2016,'' U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#29-0000.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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.
Sharon B. Arnold,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2017-15883 Filed 7-27-17; 8:45 am]
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