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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
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A. Purpose
This is a requirement for an extension
of OMB control number 9000–0198,
Violations of Arms Control Treaties or
Agreements with the United States.
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(codified at 22 U.S.C. 2593e) went into
effect on December 23, 2016. The
implementation of this FAR case will
protect against doing business with
entities that engage in any activity that
contributed to or is a significant factor
in a country’s failure to comply with
arms control treaties or agreements with
the United States. This action is
necessary because of statutory
requirements relating to a national
security function of the United States.
A notice was published in the Federal
Register at 83 FR 28145, on June 15,
2018, as part of an interim rule under
FAR Case 2017–018, Violations of Arms
Control Treaties or Agreements with the
United States.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division,
Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy,
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register at 83 FR 29117 on June
22, 2018. No comments were received.
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: ‘‘Online
Application Order Form for Products
from the Healthcare Cost and
Utilization Project (HCUP).’’
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by February 19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.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
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
C. Annual Reporting Burden
Proposed Project
Number of Respondents: 11,634.
Responses per Respondent: 8.6.
Total Responses: 99,796.
Average Burden Hours per Response:
0.4 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 40,478.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB),
1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC
20405, telephone 202–501–4755. Please
cite OMB Control No. 9000–0198,
Online Application Order Form for
Products from the Healthcare Cost and
Utilization Project (HCUP)
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
AHRQ invites the public to comment on
this proposed information collection.
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization
Project (HCUP, pronounced ‘‘H-Cup’’) is
a vital resource helping the Agency
achieve its research agenda, thereby
furthering its goal of improving the
delivery of health care in the United
States. HCUP is a family of health care
databases and related software tools and
products developed through a Federal-
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State-Industry partnership and
sponsored by AHRQ. HCUP includes
the largest collection of longitudinal
hospital care data in the United States,
with all-payer, encounter-level
information beginning in 1988. The
HCUP databases are annual files that
contain anonymous information from
hospital discharge records for inpatient
care and certain components of
outpatient care, such as emergency care
and ambulatory surgeries. The project
currently releases seven types of
databases created for research use on a
broad range of health issues, including
cost and quality of health services,
medical practice patterns, access to
health care programs, and outcomes of
treatments at the national, State, and
local market levels. HCUP also produces
a large number of software tools to
enhance the use of administrative health
care data for research and public health
use. Software tools use information
available from a variety of sources to
create new data elements, often through
sophisticated algorithms, for use with
the HCUP databases.
HCUP’s objectives are to:
• Create and enhance a powerful source of
national, state, and all-payer health care data.
• Produce a broad set of software tools and
products to facilitate the use of HCUP and
other administrative data.
• Enrich a collaborative partnership with
statewide data organizations (that voluntarily
participate in the project) aimed at increasing
the quality and use of health care data.
• Conduct and translate research to inform
decision making and improve health care
delivery.
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This project is being conducted by
AHRQ through its primary contractor
and subcontractor, IBM Watson Health
and Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.,
pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory authority
to conduct and support research on
health care and on systems for the
delivery of such care, including
activities with respect to the outcomes,
cost, cost-effectiveness, and use of
health care services and access to such
services. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(3).
Method of Collection
The HCUP releases seven types of
databases for public research use:
(1) The National Inpatient Sample
(NIS) is the largest all-payer inpatient
care database in the United States,
yielding national estimates of hospital
inpatient stays. The NIS approximates
20 percent of the discharges from all
U.S. community hospitals and contains
data from approximately 7 million
hospital stays each year. NIS data
releases are available for purchase from
the HCUP Central Distributor for data
years beginning in 1988.
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(2) The Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID)
is the only all-payer inpatient care
database for children in the United
States. The KID was specifically
designed to permit researchers to study
a broad range of conditions and
procedures related to child health
issues. The KID contains a sample of 2
to 3 million discharges for children age
20 and younger from more than 4,200
U.S. community hospitals. KID data
releases are available every third year
starting in 1997.
(3) The Nationwide Emergency
Department Sample (NEDS) is the
largest all-payer ED database in the
United States. It is constructed to
capture information both on ED visits
that do not result in an admission and
on ED visits that result in an admission
to the same hospital. The NEDS
contains more than 31 million
unweighted records for ED visits at
about 950 U.S. community hospitals
and approximates a 20-percent stratified
sample of U.S. hospital-based EDs.
NEDS data releases are available
beginning with data year 2006.
(4) The State Inpatient Databases (SID)
contain the universe of inpatient
discharge abstracts from data
organizations in 48 States and the
District of Columbia that currently
participate in the SID. Together, the SID
encompass approximately 97 percent of
all U.S. community hospital discharges.
Most States that participate in the SID
make their data available for purchase
through the HCUP Central Distributor.
Files are available beginning with data
year 1990.
(5) The State Ambulatory Surgery and
Services Databases (SASD) contain
encounter-level data from ambulatory
surgery and other outpatient services
from hospital-owned facilities. In
addition, some States provide data for
ambulatory surgery and outpatient
services from nonhospital-owned
facilities. Currently, 35 States
participate in the SASD. Files are
available beginning with data year 1997.
(6) The State Emergency Department
Databases (SEDD) contain data from
hospital-owned emergency departments
(ED) for visits that do not result in a
hospitalization. Currently, 38 States
participate in the SEDD. Files are
available beginning with data year 1999.
(7) A new database called the
Nationwide Readmissions Database
(NRD) is planned for release in late
2019. The NRD is designed to support
various types of analyses of national
readmission rates. This database
addresses a large gap in health care
data—the lack of nationally
representative information on hospital
readmissions. The NRD is a calendar-
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year, discharge-level database
constructed from the HCUP State
Inpatient Databases (SID).
To support AHRQ’s mission to
improve health care through scientific
research, HCUP databases and software
tools are disseminated to users outside
of the Agency through a mechanism
known as the HCUP Central Distributor
at https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/
tech_assist/centdist.jsp. The HCUP
Central Distributor assists qualified
researchers to access uniform research
data across multiple states with the use
of one application process. The HCUP
databases disseminated through the
Central Distributor are referred to as
‘‘restricted access public release files’’;
that is, they are publicly available, but
only under restricted conditions.
This information collection request is
for the activities associated with the
HCUP database application process, not
the collection of health care data for
HCUP databases. The activities
associated with this application include:
(1) HCUP Application. All persons
requesting access to the HCUP databases
must complete an application at https://
distributor.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/.
Applications for HCUP State databases
require a brief description of the
planned research use to ensure that the
intended use is consistent with HCUP
policies and with the HCUP Data Use
Agreement (DUA). Paper versions of all
application packages are also available
for downloading at https://www.hcupus.ahrq.gov/tech_assist/centdist.jsp.
(2) HCUP DUA Training. All persons
wanting access to the HCUP databases
must complete an online training
course. The purpose of the training is to
emphasize the importance of data
protection, reduce the risk of
inadvertent violations, and describe the
individual’s responsibility when using
HCUP data. The training course can be
accessed and completed online at https://
www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/techassist/
dua.jsp.
(3) HCUP DUA. All persons wanting
access to the HCUP databases must sign
a data use agreement. An example DUA
for the Nationwide databases is
available at https://www.hcupus.ahrq.gov/team/NationwideDUA.jsp.
HCUP databases are released to
researchers outside of AHRQ after the
completion of required training and
submission of an application that
includes a signed HCUP DUA. In
addition, before restricted access public
release state-level databases are
released, AHRQ must review and
approve the applicant’s statement of
intended use to ensure that the planned
use is consistent with HCUP policies
and with the HCUP DUA. Fees are set
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for databases released through the
HCUP Central Distributor depending on
the type of database. The fee for sale of
state-level data is determined by each
participating Statewide Data
Organization and reimbursed to those
organizations.
Information collected in the HCUP
Application process will be used for two
purposes only:
1. Business Transaction: In order to
deliver the HCUP databases and
software, contact information is
necessary for shipping some types of
HCUP data on disk (or any other media
used in the future).
2. Enforcement of the HCUP DUA:
The HCUP DUA contains several
restrictions on use of the data. Most of
these restrictions have been put in place
to safeguard the privacy of individuals
and establishments represented in the
data. For example, data users can only
use the data for research, analysis, and
aggregate statistical reporting and are
prohibited from attempting to identify
any persons in the data. Contact
information on HCUP DUAs is retained
in the event that a violation of the DUA
takes place.
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Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated
annualized burden associated with the
applicants’ time to order any of the
HCUP databases. An estimated 1,500
persons will order HCUP data annually.
Each of these persons will complete an
application (10 minutes), the DUA
training (15 minutes) and a DUA (5
minutes). The total burden is estimated
to be 750 hours annually.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated
annualized cost burden associated with
the applicants’ time to order HCUP data.
The total cost burden is estimated to be
$29,662 annually.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
HCUP Application Form ..................................................................
HCUP DUA Training .......................................................................
HCUP DUA .....................................................................................
1,500
1,500
1,500
1 ..............................
1 ..............................
1 ..............................
10/60 .....................
15/60 .....................
5/60 .......................
250
375
125
Total .........................................................................................
4,500
na ............................
na ..........................
750
EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total
burden hours
Average hourly
wage rate *
Total cost
burden
HCUP Application Form .......................................................................
HCUP DUA Training ............................................................................
HCUP DUA ..........................................................................................
1,500
1,500
1,500
250 .......................
375 .......................
125 .......................
$39.55 .................
39.55 ...................
39.55 ...................
$9,887
14,831
4,944
Total .....................................................................................................
4,500
750 .......................
na ........................
29,662
* Based upon the mean of the average wages for Life Scientists, All Other (19–1099), National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Employment Statistics, May 2017 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates United States, U.S. Department of
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#b29-0000.
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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
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request for OMB approval of the
proposed information collection.
All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Francis D. Chesley, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Director.
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Supplemental Evidence and Data
Request on Diagnostic and Treatment
of Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia
(CATD)
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Request for supplemental
evidence and data submissions.
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The Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking
scientific information submissions from
the public. Scientific information is
being solicited to inform our review of
Diagnostic and Treatment of Clinical
Alzheimer’s-type Dementia (CATD),
which is currently being conducted by
the AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice
Centers (EPC) Program. Access to
published and unpublished pertinent
scientific information will improve the
quality of this review.
DATES: Submission Deadline on or
before January 17, 2019.
ADDRESSES:
Email submissions:
epc@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Print submissions:
Mailing Address: Center for Evidence
and Practice Improvement, Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality,
ATTN: EPC SEADs Coordinator, 5600
Fishers Lane, Mail Stop 06E53A,
Rockville, MD 20857.
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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: ``Online Application Order Form for Products from the
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).''
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.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 email at
doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Online Application Order Form for Products from the Healthcare Cost and
Utilization Project (HCUP)
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521, AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information
collection. The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP,
pronounced ``H-Cup'') is a vital resource helping the Agency achieve
its research agenda, thereby furthering its goal of improving the
delivery of health care in the United States. HCUP is a family of
health care databases and related software tools and products developed
through a Federal-
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State-Industry partnership and sponsored by AHRQ. HCUP includes the
largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United
States, with all-payer, encounter-level information beginning in 1988.
The HCUP databases are annual files that contain anonymous information
from hospital discharge records for inpatient care and certain
components of outpatient care, such as emergency care and ambulatory
surgeries. The project currently releases seven types of databases
created for research use on a broad range of health issues, including
cost and quality of health services, medical practice patterns, access
to health care programs, and outcomes of treatments at the national,
State, and local market levels. HCUP also produces a large number of
software tools to enhance the use of administrative health care data
for research and public health use. Software tools use information
available from a variety of sources to create new data elements, often
through sophisticated algorithms, for use with the HCUP databases.
HCUP's objectives are to:
Create and enhance a powerful source of national,
state, and all-payer health care data.
Produce a broad set of software tools and products to
facilitate the use of HCUP and other administrative data.
Enrich a collaborative partnership with statewide data
organizations (that voluntarily participate in the project) aimed at
increasing the quality and use of health care data.
Conduct and translate research to inform decision
making and improve health care delivery.
This project is being conducted by AHRQ through its primary
contractor and subcontractor, IBM Watson Health and Social & Scientific
Systems, Inc., pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct and
support research on health care and on systems for the delivery of such
care, including activities with respect to the outcomes, cost, cost-
effectiveness, and use of health care services and access to such
services. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(3).
Method of Collection
The HCUP releases seven types of databases for public research use:
(1) The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) is the largest all-payer
inpatient care database in the United States, yielding national
estimates of hospital inpatient stays. The NIS approximates 20 percent
of the discharges from all U.S. community hospitals and contains data
from approximately 7 million hospital stays each year. NIS data
releases are available for purchase from the HCUP Central Distributor
for data years beginning in 1988.
(2) The Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) is the only all-payer
inpatient care database for children in the United States. The KID was
specifically designed to permit researchers to study a broad range of
conditions and procedures related to child health issues. The KID
contains a sample of 2 to 3 million discharges for children age 20 and
younger from more than 4,200 U.S. community hospitals. KID data
releases are available every third year starting in 1997.
(3) The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) is the
largest all-payer ED database in the United States. It is constructed
to capture information both on ED visits that do not result in an
admission and on ED visits that result in an admission to the same
hospital. The NEDS contains more than 31 million unweighted records for
ED visits at about 950 U.S. community hospitals and approximates a 20-
percent stratified sample of U.S. hospital-based EDs. NEDS data
releases are available beginning with data year 2006.
(4) The State Inpatient Databases (SID) contain the universe of
inpatient discharge abstracts from data organizations in 48 States and
the District of Columbia that currently participate in the SID.
Together, the SID encompass approximately 97 percent of all U.S.
community hospital discharges. Most States that participate in the SID
make their data available for purchase through the HCUP Central
Distributor. Files are available beginning with data year 1990.
(5) The State Ambulatory Surgery and Services Databases (SASD)
contain encounter-level data from ambulatory surgery and other
outpatient services from hospital-owned facilities. In addition, some
States provide data for ambulatory surgery and outpatient services from
nonhospital-owned facilities. Currently, 35 States participate in the
SASD. Files are available beginning with data year 1997.
(6) The State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) contain data
from hospital-owned emergency departments (ED) for visits that do not
result in a hospitalization. Currently, 38 States participate in the
SEDD. Files are available beginning with data year 1999.
(7) A new database called the Nationwide Readmissions Database
(NRD) is planned for release in late 2019. The NRD is designed to
support various types of analyses of national readmission rates. This
database addresses a large gap in health care data--the lack of
nationally representative information on hospital readmissions. The NRD
is a calendar-year, discharge-level database constructed from the HCUP
State Inpatient Databases (SID).
To support AHRQ's mission to improve health care through scientific
research, HCUP databases and software tools are disseminated to users
outside of the Agency through a mechanism known as the HCUP Central
Distributor at https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/tech_assist/centdist.jsp.
The HCUP Central Distributor assists qualified researchers to access
uniform research data across multiple states with the use of one
application process. The HCUP databases disseminated through the
Central Distributor are referred to as ``restricted access public
release files''; that is, they are publicly available, but only under
restricted conditions.
This information collection request is for the activities
associated with the HCUP database application process, not the
collection of health care data for HCUP databases. The activities
associated with this application include:
(1) HCUP Application. All persons requesting access to the HCUP
databases must complete an application at https://distributor.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/. Applications for HCUP State databases require a brief
description of the planned research use to ensure that the intended use
is consistent with HCUP policies and with the HCUP Data Use Agreement
(DUA). Paper versions of all application packages are also available
for downloading at https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/tech_assist/centdist.jsp.
(2) HCUP DUA Training. All persons wanting access to the HCUP
databases must complete an online training course. The purpose of the
training is to emphasize the importance of data protection, reduce the
risk of inadvertent violations, and describe the individual's
responsibility when using HCUP data. The training course can be
accessed and completed online at https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/techassist/dua.jsp.
(3) HCUP DUA. All persons wanting access to the HCUP databases must
sign a data use agreement. An example DUA for the Nationwide databases
is available at https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/team/NationwideDUA.jsp.
HCUP databases are released to researchers outside of AHRQ after
the completion of required training and submission of an application
that includes a signed HCUP DUA. In addition, before restricted access
public release state-level databases are released, AHRQ must review and
approve the applicant's statement of intended use to ensure that the
planned use is consistent with HCUP policies and with the HCUP DUA.
Fees are set
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for databases released through the HCUP Central Distributor depending
on the type of database. The fee for sale of state-level data is
determined by each participating Statewide Data Organization and
reimbursed to those organizations.
Information collected in the HCUP Application process will be used
for two purposes only:
1. Business Transaction: In order to deliver the HCUP databases and
software, contact information is necessary for shipping some types of
HCUP data on disk (or any other media used in the future).
2. Enforcement of the HCUP DUA: The HCUP DUA contains several
restrictions on use of the data. Most of these restrictions have been
put in place to safeguard the privacy of individuals and establishments
represented in the data. For example, data users can only use the data
for research, analysis, and aggregate statistical reporting and are
prohibited from attempting to identify any persons in the data. Contact
information on HCUP DUAs is retained in the event that a violation of
the DUA takes place.
Estimated Annual Respondent Burden
Exhibit 1 shows the estimated annualized burden associated with the
applicants' time to order any of the HCUP databases. An estimated 1,500
persons will order HCUP data annually. Each of these persons will
complete an application (10 minutes), the DUA training (15 minutes) and
a DUA (5 minutes). The total burden is estimated to be 750 hours
annually.
Exhibit 2 shows the estimated annualized cost burden associated
with the applicants' time to order HCUP data. The total cost burden is
estimated to be $29,662 annually.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Number of responses Total burden
Form name respondents per respondent Hours per response hours
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HCUP Application Form............. 1,500 1.................... 10/60................ 250
HCUP DUA Training................. 1,500 1.................... 15/60................ 375
HCUP DUA.......................... 1,500 1.................... 5/60................. 125
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Total......................... 4,500 na................... na................... 750
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden
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Number of Average hourly wage Total cost
Form name respondents Total burden hours rate * burden
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HCUP Application Form............. 1,500 250.................. $39.55............... $9,887
HCUP DUA Training................. 1,500 375.................. 39.55................ 14,831
HCUP DUA.......................... 1,500 125.................. 39.55................ 4,944
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Total............................. 4,500 750.................. na................... 29,662
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* Based upon the mean of the average wages for Life Scientists, All Other (19-1099), National Compensation
Survey:
Occupational Employment Statistics, May 2017 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates United States,
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#b29-0000.
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.
Francis D. Chesley, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2018-27359 Filed 12-17-18; 8:45 am]
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